vaporization; vaporisation; evaporation
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
hokora; small wayside shrine
cheating at pachinko (for monetary gain; through illegal tampering with the machines, etc.); scamming a pachinko parlor
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
one's normal condition; one's usual state; keynote (esp. shamisen); proper key
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
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.)
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
to exert oneself; to devote oneself to
to go flying along; to move fast (against the wind)
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
forcibly; against one's will
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
summer vacation; summer holidays
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter
pitch dark; total darkness
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
stopper; cork; plug; tap; faucet; stopcock
single-seater; single-seated; sitting alone
unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless
to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of
visual confirmation; sighting
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
atmospheric current; air current; airflow
apprehensions; misgivings; uneasiness; anxiety; fear