to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final
boarding house; school dormitory
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
to break off (mid-sentence); to stop (saying)
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
pieces; scraps; disconnected
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
to clasp together (esp. hands); to entwine (e.g. fingers)
to project; to overhang; to stick out; to put up (a notice); to post
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
hard struggle; strenuous effort
Urtica thunbergiana (species of stinging nettle)
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
saying "Ah!"; making one say "Ah!"; surprisingly; astonishingly
(one) leaf; (one) petal; piece (of paper); flake (of snow)
salty sea breeze; salt wind
this or that person; anybody; many people
barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)
algebra; number of generations (e.g. in imperial succession)
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
bento; Japanese box lunch
stinging (pain); smarting; tingling