to do something with painful reluctance; (lit.) to have one's hair pulled from behind
principal street; main street; major road; thoroughfare
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy; depressing
drifting; drift; being adrift
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to be promoted
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to
to shine; to look slightly upward (of a noh mask; indicating joy, etc.)
to throw at; to turn; to raise
(ice cream) cone; (speaker) cone; (traffic) cone; corn; maize
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
change of color; change of colour; fading; discoloration; discolouration
scribbling; doodling; graffiti
length and width; length and breadth; every direction; all directions; as one wishes; as one pleases
decipherment; interpretation; making out; identification
the whole universe (of a billion worlds) that Buddha enlightened; the whole wide world
bell (used for summoning or signalling); buzzer
to leap back; to jump back
enamel; enamel paint; enameled leather; patent leather
to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten
puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)
randoseru; firm-sided leather (or synthetic leather) backpack used by elementary school children
on the way home from school
becoming irritated (suddenly); getting annoyed
to fly into a rage; to lose one's temper; to flare up; to break out
roundup (criminals, animals, etc.); manhunt; crackdown; swoop; raid
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
elder brother; big brother; one's senior; one's elder; old ingredients; stale ingredients
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
reception room; parlor; parlour
instant noodles sold in a cup; cup noodles
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
gravure; photogravure; rotogravure; gravure picture
magazine; journal; periodical
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
boy; bellboy; porter; waiter
pluralizing suffix; nickname-forming suffix
to come to meet (someone); to come to pick up