what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
struggle (for); scramble; contest
to come untied; to come apart; to be softened; to be relaxed
to get back to normal; to get back into one's stride; to get back into the swing of it
lightly and smoothly (of movements); swiftly; glidingly; (progressing) smoothly; (solving) easily
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill
to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
estrangement; alienation; neglecting to stay in contact
hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm
fellow women; between women; among women; woman-to-woman
congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
first experience (of something); first sexual experience
curious; strange; unusual
loitering; hanging around; wandering around
wash basin; wash bowl (incl. portable bowl in a public bath)
denkiburo; bath which includes an electric current, allegedly for health reasons
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
hydro massage bath; bath with a massaging jet
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly
to have gooseflesh (e.g. from cold or horror)
falling into a doze; dozing off; nodding off
to push aside; to push one's way through
to feel dizzy; to have blood rush to one's head; to lose one's cool; to be obsessed; to be infatuated; to become conceited
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
silence; stillness; quietness
to cover one's private parts
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
when looked at in that way
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with