treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
field; farm; rural; agricultural; stray (e.g. dog, cat); unauthorised (esp. smartphone application)
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
roar; sound made by monsters
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings
to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry
childish; child-like; innocent; naive
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
function; facility; faculty; feature
to pin one's hope on; to look forward to; to look toward; to get one's hopes up
older brother and younger sister
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
to make one's rounds; to patrol
danger; peril; hazard; risk
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
to some extent; to a certain extent
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)
objection; dissent; protest