stakeout; ambush; lookout; watch; paste-up; collage
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
present (brought by a visitor); gift
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
stubble; unshaven face; beard one has because one is too lazy to shave; 5-o'clock shadow
wearing thick clothes; dressing warmly
remembrance; recollection; recognition
to be smeared; to be covered
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
like this; this sort; this way
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
as a child; when one was a child
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
to watch steadily; to stare
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
snake; serpent; large snake
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
catgirl; character who looks, acts, etc. like a cat
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion