unexpected; unforeseen; strange
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
valley; ravine; cleavage (breasts); slum
witnessing; observing; sighting
to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down
underpants; pants; briefs; trousers (esp. women's); jodhpurs; breeches
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
charming; captivating; bewitching; seductive; coquettish
lewdness; lewd person; pervert; lecher
first place; head position; leading position
amorous; sexy; voluptuous; erotic
to wake up (someone; by calling out); to awaken; to bring back (e.g. memories); to evoke; to recall
fourth year of elementary school; fourth year elementary school student
in swarms; in clusters; tediously; slowly
mob; the masses; rabble; riffraff
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
angrily; in a huff; high on marijuana; tender (to chew)
some things are better left unsaid; silence is golden
black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market
congratulation; celebration
black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market
invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
arrival of ships (from abroad); arrival by ship
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
pin (e.g. hairpin, bowling pin, golf pin, etc.); one (on dice, in cards, etc.); beginning; best; kickback
small mercy (from some misfortune); silver lining of a dark cloud; consolation in sadness; blessing in disguise
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
both; both sides; both parties
parroting back; repeating (something one was told) like a parrot
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there