beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric
body; group; party; company; troupe
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
heap; pile; stack; full measure
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
deep-fried food (esp. chicken)
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
halfsies; splitting evenly between two people
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
trying the food at various restaurants; eating tour; walking while eating; eating while walking
(lit.) yo-yo fishing; Japanese festival game of fishing balloons (with loops attached), floating in water, out with a hook
festival game in which participants try to catch goldfish in a shallow paper ladle
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to dunk
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
paper scoop used in goldfish scooping
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
goldfish (Carassius auratus)
foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead