to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
air-permeability; breathability
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
passage; path; route; one's way
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
to fall on one's backside
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
hot spring district (within a town)
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
famous place; name of a part (of an instrument, etc.); name and address
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
with a friendly grin; smilingly
dangerous; perilous; threatening; stern (expression); hostile (attitude); sharp
to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
simply; merely; only; solely
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
armchair plan; armchair theory; impractical plan
both eloquent and skilled
to coax; to cajole; to wheedle; to roll up and put into (something); to bundle up
wiles; sinister design; trick; conspiracy; intrigue
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
cellar; cave; hole in the ground
to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against
man; male; masculine gender
mark; symbol; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to; focusing on
woman; female; feminine gender
after having come this far; now that we've come this far
lighting up; illumination; floodlighting
cave; cavern; den; grotto
adventurous spirit; sense of adventure
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make laugh; to amuse
playfulness; playful mood; imaginativeness
gas (state of matter, e.g. poison gas, natural gas); gasoline; gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove