to shine; to glitter; to be bright
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
to scatter away; to vanish
the way back; the way home; return trip
degenerate; pervert; deviant
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
to telephone; to make a phone call
without hesitation; without a qualm; at the drop of a hat
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
to deduct; to take away; to make allowances for something; to bear something in mind; to ebb and flow
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
insecticide; insect repellent
conventional phrase; stock phrase; cliche; frequently used musical (guitar) phrase
(talking in a) half-joking manner
to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
nightlife districts; drinking districts
dispersing; breaking up; running away
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
report; notification; tip; message (in information and communication theory)
courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts
being absorbed in; losing oneself in; losing control of oneself
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
disgraceful behavior; disgraceful behaviour; shameful sight
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
novel; original; new; innovative