gulping down (a drink); guzzling; chugging; sloshing around (of liquid in one's stomach)
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
person who is ...; thing that is ...
shredded and dried squid (a snack)
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
to pounce on someone's words; to cavil at someone's words; to trip someone up with their own words
to feel goodwill (towards); to wish someone well; to have a strong liking (for); to be emotionally involved
(in spite of) being old enough to know better
with a start; with a jump
to stand on ceremony; to stiffen up (the nerves); to be tense
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
stirring; slight movement
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)
dull (e.g. of movement or reaction); sluggish
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
round of ghost stories (trad. at night with a lamp or candle being extinguished after each story)
(being) worth seeing; impressive
thicket; coppice; brushwood
logical connection; chain of reasoning; coherence; blood vessel
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues
(not) altogether; (not) wholly
sweetly smiling; like the smiling of a beauty; gracious
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
convention; tired tradition; old custom
mysterious disappearance; being spirited away
underground spring; Hades; hell; underworld
bottomless; endlessly deep; infinite
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
power; authority; influence
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
arbitration; intercession; mediation
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
to manage; to arrange; to talk over; to dispose of
mixed race; mixed parentage
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means