to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
reading while standing (in a bookstore, etc.); browsing (i.e. reading an item but not buying it)
buying and eating sweets (esp. children); between-meal snacking
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
to go downhill; to go down a slope
common knowledge; well-known fact
to begin talking; to open up
to find out; to discover; to locate
in groups of twos and threes; in small groups
to apologize; to apologise
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense
Chinese matrimony vine (Lycium chinense); Chinese wolfberry; goji
many; varied; all sorts; crowded; large (e.g. helping)
one's post; place of work; workplace
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
gradation; gradation haircut; taper
cloudless (sky); without a cloud (in the sky)
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated
to settle (a problem); to put an end to (a dispute); to be disposed of; to be settled; to come to an end
stealthily; secretly; in secret
separate; scattered; apart
to stir; to churn; to rummage around; to throw into confusion; to throw into chaos
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness