serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection
empirical; from experience
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
heartbroken thoughts; heartrending grief; overwhelming sorrow
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to say all kinds of things; to complain; to find fault (with)
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
stone wall; dry wall; rocky cliff; stone precipice
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition
to ooze; to exude; to percolate; to soak through
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; be that as it may
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
ahead; before; the future
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
sweet voice; seductive voice
begging; pestering; pleading; coaxing
to be bewildered; to be perplexed