helping hand; help; support; aid
to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to thrust (javelin); to offer (e.g. aid, help, etc.)
provincial city; provincial town; suburban city; regional towns and cities
midway; halfway through; in the course of
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
serious look (on one's face); straight face
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
how can (one) do something
advocate; proponent; supporter
nothing one can say (e.g. about something perfect); not a thing one can complain about; better than one could hope for
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
being startled; getting a shock
to beat fast (of a heart); to hammer
dispersing; breaking up; running away
not yet known; unknown; strange
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in
credibility; trustworthiness
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)
each time it happens; at all such times
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
treacherous; dangerous; untrustworthy; sneaky; cunning
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
to make a name for oneself; to achieve success
rural district; farming area
shoeshine; shoe polishing
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
source of information; intelligence source; message source
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify