with a chuckle; with a giggle
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
troublesome; difficult (e.g. customer, guest, child); laborious (e.g. task, dinner)
backhand blow; backhand chop; backfist (karate)
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to be near (a certain age)
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
being accomplished in both the literary and military arts; doing well in both school and sports
love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting
bad-mouthing someone so as to be deliberately overheard; intentionally letting someone hear insults or sarcasm regarding them
disadvantageous; long (odds)
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
loop line; (transportation) belt line
place near the mountains; hilly section of a city (e.g. Tokyo, Kobe, Yokohama)
breathing of a sleeping person
to stop raining or snowing
that night; that evening; over the course of the evening
marshy grassland; wetlands
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
stoppage time; injury time; added time; lost time; wasted time
wintry; very cold-looking (e.g. landscape); bleak (e.g. room, street); desolate; empty (of furnishings)
ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric
damp ground; wetland; bog; marsh
breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening
quagmire; sludge; mud; slush; mire
sponge; spongy; spongiform
spots; speckles; mottles; speckled; spotted
mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
water plant; aquatic plant; waterweed; hydrophyte
muddy; covered with mud; mud-caked
Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus)
quite; utterly; really; completely
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
(it won't be possible) on such short notice
to throw a punch at; to swing at; to strike out at; to raise a hand against