engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
slightly (blushing); suddenly (getting bright, flaring up, flashing on, etc.); distractedly
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
this and that; one thing or another
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
rumor of a romance (rumour)
to call each other; to call out to one another
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
feel; touch; impression (of a person); most impressive passage; highlight; beginning
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better
long-awaited; long-waited-for; someone who has waited a long time; something that one has waited impatiently for
inquiry; enquiry; investigation; (police) interview; questioning (e.g. witness, suspect); hearing
chirp; twitter; warble; whale tongue
lying down and getting up; waking; getting up; living (with); staying (with)
to wipe off; to wipe out; to expunge
Western-style; foreign; Western-style toilet; flush toilet; water closet
toilet bowl; urinal; chamber pot; bedpan
exploration party; expedition team
vein (of ore); reef; streak; lode
to strike (gold, oil, etc.); to find (e.g. buried treasure); to dig up
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
to shoot out (lights, window, etc.)
to become locked (e.g. of automatic locking)
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
writing; composition; essay; sentence
reading comprehension; ability to read and understand
extra-sensory perception; ESP; psi; psychokinesis; PK
region; limits; stage; level
fall; tumble; spill; degradation; comedown; demotion
besides; in addition; also; moreover
physical evidence; material evidence
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution