carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
chewiness; firmness; feel of food while being chewed; challenge (e.g. work, book); toughness
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
rice cracker; senbei; Japanese cracker; rice cookie; wafer
to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by
first experience (of something); first sexual experience
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
row of teeth; set of teeth; dentition
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
limpness; soft; limp; mumbling; talking with food in one's mouth
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
to haul in (e.g. rope, net, etc.); to pull in; to attract (e.g. stares)
to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
tranquil; calm; quiet; peaceful
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
mosquito coil; anti-mosquito incense
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
for example; for instance; e.g.
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
to squeeze out; to wring out
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
distant look; faraway look
operating together; working together; being linked (to); being tied (to); being connected (with); interlocking
to complete decisively; to do to completion
cover; covering; cover song; cover version; coverage; to compensate for (a loss)