innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
flight; desertion; escape
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
to state; to express; to mention
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to use abusive language; to curse; to call someone names
to chase; to run after; to pursue
scene; spectacle; sight; view
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
looking pale; looking unwell
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at
insistence; (major) emphasis; stress
imagination; supposition; guess
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
very hungry; starving; ravenous
beginning; outset; first; onset
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
godsend; gift from providence
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
just because; even if; even though
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
washing a kimono (or futon, etc.) without taking it apart; laundering whole
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
early morning; early hours; early in the morning
heated stone (wrapped in cloth and kept next to the body for warmth)
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...