one's daily milieu; neighbourhood; neighborhood; zone of life; sphere of life
recuperation; medical treatment
basking in the sun; sunbathing
drawing and manual arts (school subject); arts and crafts
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
Shizuoka (city, prefecture)
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
anger; being angry; being mad
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
exit; way out; outlet; vent
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
shelter; cover; screen; shield; obstruction; defilade
sickroom; hospital room; ward
person inside a cartoon body suit; voice actor (of a particular character); insider; person on the inside
sniff-sniff (of an animal); whining; whimpering
first meeting; first interview with
newcomer; new figure; new member; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards); Homo sapiens
(hospital) nurse; registered nurse; RN
10,000,000,000; ten billion
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
(another's) daughter; young lady
affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious
magician; conjurer; illusionist
to yearn (for); to miss; to feel nostalgic (for); to recall fondly
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
steadily; unflaggingly; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
(mumbling) incomprehensibly; while mumbling; mutteringly; murmuringly
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time