sleeping outdoors; sleeping out in the open air; camping
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.); loud; high-pitched
binoculars; field glasses
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
inexcusable; unpardonable; can't be allowed to pass (without comment)
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
wings of a stage; side stage; coulisse
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
main performer; star performer; headliner; rakugo storyteller of the highest rank
to choke; to be choked (by); to sob convulsively
ferocious; fierce; audacious; impudent; shameless
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to cover; to bury (e.g. one's face in hands); to submerge; to fill (completely); to stuff; to pack
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
dark red; dark brown; reddish brown
talking in delirium; incoherent muttering
to daub; to brush; to touch up
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
to dislocate one's back; to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
shiritori; word-chain game; word game in which players must give a word starting with the last syllable of the word given by the previous player