to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
highway; freeway; expressway; motorway
to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)
police; police officer; police station
Tokyo-Nagoya Expressway; Tomei Expressway
serious accident; major incident
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
being somewhat excited (agitated)
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
to start rowing; to begin to row; to row out (e.g. to sea); to pull out; to start pedaling; to begin to pedal
disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress
coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe
the ocean; the great deep
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
long ago; a long time ago; already
sea level; (surface of) sea
to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
sweet half sake; sweet drink made from fermented rice
plain-woven silk cloth produced on Hachijo Island (sometimes striped)
Island; insula; island; islet
summertime; summer season
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
interval; break; pause; spare moment
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
to lie down; to throw oneself down