concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
coarse (texture or grain)
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
sleeveless (garment); sleeveless haori
make-up; makeup; cosmetics
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
device; equipment; machinery; apparatus
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
Alice in Wonderland (novel by Lewis Carroll); Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
something wrong; accident; change; abnormality; aberration
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
inspection; checking (goods, products)
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
twice; again; second time
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end
to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed