assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor); research assistant
earnings from a part-time job; part-time job pay
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)
aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
large size (paper, book, etc.); ōban; large oval gold coin used in the Edo period
by ones and twos; tears or flower petals falling quietly; gurgling bird sound; falling apart; crumbling; dish made from fiveleaf aralia sprouts, pickled daikon, walnuts, etc.
to be weary; to be worn out; to be fed up (with); to be sick of; to be dejected; to be dispirited
being independent; becoming independent; standing on one's own feet (without the use of crutches, etc.)
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly
sentimental; mushy; saccharine; sickly-sweet; sugary
to pour into; to wash down (food); to insert (e.g. into a data stream); to integrate
to become empty; to be emptied
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
railway track; railway line; railroad; railway; track; line
steam locomotive; steam train; (long-distance) train; non-electric train; diesel train
meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow (i.e. bending of the body); bowing; reward
appearance; emergence; advent; arrival; showing up; coming to existence
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
failed attempt (at a crime, suicide, etc.)
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
going to and fro; back and forth
something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah
pulse; pulse rate; pulsation; stroke of pulse
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
going through; going via; going by way of
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
carnivore; carnivorous animal
mixed with; mingled with; interspersed with; dashed with; sprinkled with
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis