to go with (a companion); to hang out with; to do together
planned; scheduled; systematic
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
order; command; directions; instructions
hair on the back of one's head
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
asphalt road; blacktop; tarmac road
being dotted with; being scattered
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
light; faint; pale; fleeting
eyesight; vision; visual acuity
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
pitch; tone; time; tempo; mood; tendency
colouring; coloring; shade (of colour); flavour; nuance; feel
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
strongly; violently; quickly; suddenly
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
to press a question; to cross-examine
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
universal; omnipresent; ubiquitous
common sense; general knowledge; common knowledge
to talk to oneself; to mutter
rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
to dislocate one's back; to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise
unintentionally; inadvertently; calmly; casually; nonchalantly; innocently
conjugation (inflection, declension) of ichidan verbs ending in "eru"
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude