red-banded sand wasp (Ammophila sabulosa); thread-waisted wasp (any wasp of family Sphecidae, incl. digger wasps and mud daubers)
flapping sound (of wings); fluttering; hum (of insects); whizz (of a flying arrow); whoosh
to see without obstruction; to get an unobstructed view (of); to see into (someone's thoughts); to read (someone's feelings, intentions, etc.); to foresee; to predict
to be harboured (of negative feelings or thoughts); to be rooted in one's mind; to coil; to curl around; to become tangled (e.g. of roots)
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
in person; personally; directly
to miss a chance to ask; to miss an opportunity to ask; to forget to ask
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
Bōsō Peninsula (also alt. name for Chiba Prefecture)
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
New Tokyo International Airport (now Narita International Airport)
former site (of something); site (e.g. of a demolished building)
seedbed; nursery; seed-plot
children and grandchildren; posterity; descendants
enclosure; fence; storage (of fruit, vegetables, etc.); partitioned area of a room for conducting tea ceremonies; mistress; castle
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; throwing one's weight around; acting as if one owns the place
to hide; to lie motionless in hiding
transport aircraft; transport plane
each; (arch.) you (plural)
throwing down; dropping; airdrop; investment
shaking one's legs (usu. unconsciously); tapping one's foot; fidgeting (of the legs)
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction
result (that makes an act worthwhile); worth (in doing something); value; effect; use; benefit
description; describing; depicting
impatience; irritation; frustration; fretfulness
to drop by; to stop by; to drop in; to approach; to draw near; to come close (to)
large size (paper, book, etc.); ōban; large oval gold coin used in the Edo period
to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand
patron (of the arts, an artist, etc.); patroness; sugar daddy; man who provides for a woman (e.g. a geisha); patron; master
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
equipping; installing; fitting; mounting; putting on
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing (on a typewriter)
waist bag; belt bag; fanny pack; bum bag
tool; implement; means; furniture