to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
rather; better; instead; if anything
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
feeling good; feeling at ease; feeling easy
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
central; main; just (done); freshly (baked); counter for consecutive losses
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
such; like that; that sort of; very
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
returning from school; going home from school
... years since construction; ... years old (of a building); built in ...
cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
different room; another room; separate rooms
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
thin bedding; hard bed; bedding worn flat and hard by usage
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
to get out of bed; to show a leg
following; pursuing; tracking; shadowing; tailing; chasing
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
to go out and away; to leave
fallen angel; Lucifer; demon; Satan
possession (by a spirit, etc.); dependence; depending on
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
retreating figure; appearance from behind
alone; by oneself; on one's own
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
sweetfish (Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis); ayu
live decoy fishing (esp. for sweetfish)
because of; owing to; due to
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
disappointed; dejected; disheartened; indignant; angry
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my