snake; serpent; large snake
to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked
because of; owing to; due to
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
living by oneself; living alone
university student; college student
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
residence; abode; dwelling
remote place; backcountry; the sticks; hinterland
much less; to say nothing of
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something
working adult; full-fledged member of society
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
grown man; grown woman; grown-up person; sensible person
company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance
beyond imagination; unimaginable
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image (in film and TV)
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
job transfer away from one's home; taking up a new post leaving one's family behind
adultery; immorality; impropriety; (an) affair
takoyaki; octopus dumplings
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
flour; meal; powder; dust
shumai; shaomai; steamed meat dumpling (Chinese-style)
pudding (esp. custard); black hair dyed blond but where the roots have again turned black
to divide; to separate; to share; to distribute; to distinguish
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not