to clamour; to crowd; to jostle
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand
euphemistic; circumlocutory; roundabout; indirect
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to be urgent; to be pressing; to be imminent
increasing the number of staff; hiring more people
gain; profit; benefit; amplification
indiscriminate terror; indiscriminate terrorism
to stitch; to hem; to mend; to sew up; to darn
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
deep-seated; deep-rooted; ingrained
children's story; fairy tale
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
traveling bag; travelling bag; suitcase
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
shishamo smelt (Spirinchus lanceolatus)
natto (fermented soybeans)
baked seaweed; toasted seaweed
polished rice; (uncooked) white rice
to work out; to think out; to devise; to invent
personal history; background; log; record; hysteresis
male-to-female gender swap (in fan art and fan fiction)
motor nerve; reflexes; athletic ability; motor coordination
worthy of special mention
completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
replacement; substitution; change; shunting (rail); switching
cripple; disabled person; invalid
chill; the shivers; shivering fit; cold; coldness; cold air
to replace; to move; to change the position of