poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
to collapse into; to flop onto
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side
escaping from prison; jailbreak
insertion; letter drop; things sent to a prisoner; supply of provisions, refreshments, etc. to someone carrying out a task
form; shape; figure; visage
uneven; irregular; non-uniform; unsorted; odd; miscellaneous
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
provision of lunch (e.g. at office, school, etc.); providing a meal; lunch service
bento; Japanese box lunch
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
mother-in-law; foster mother; step mother
freedom; free; open; unrestricted
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
solitude; loneliness; isolation
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
memory; sense; experience
year in, year out; always; 24-7
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute
affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread