(sudden) evening shower (rain)
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
roller coaster; big dipper
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
(social) position; status
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
reading while standing (in a bookstore, etc.); browsing (i.e. reading an item but not buying it)
shopping; purchased goods
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
listings magazine; (lit.) information magazine
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
attaching the polite suffix "-san" to somebody's name
Sanzu River (Buddhist equivalent of the River Styx)
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
until now; so far; up to the present
appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel
one's appearance; clothing; costume; dress
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like