to lurk; to hover in the background; to be coiled up; to stretch tortuously
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to express (in words); to confess
to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
to become thin; to fade; to grow pale
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
living by oneself; living alone
snapping (e.g. book shut); clapping; crackling; pachinko
electricity; (electric) light
about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip
almost; roughly; approximately
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
closing one's eyes; passing away; dying peacefully
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
administrator; janitor; manager; custodian; executor
for a long time; since long ago; always; already; far in advance (e.g. reservation)
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
to hesitate; to think twice; to flinch; to get cold feet
plastic bag; polyethylene bag
erotic manga; pornographic manga
journal; magazine; periodical
female clothing; wearing female clothing; cross dressing (for a man)
to skin (one's knee); to graze; to scratch
mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion
woman who uses the usually male personal pronoun "boku" to refer to herself
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example
manners; behavior; behaviour