scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
is something that; is that which
I don't need it; I don't want it
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
feeling keenly; fully realizing
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
(hospital) nurse; registered nurse; RN
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
anxiously; impatiently; worriedly; fretting; getting worked up
something unusual; something wrong; mishap; accident; serious condition (e.g. after an injury); different situation
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
to scribble (write quickly); to dash off
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with