rail car (esp. a small one used in mines, logging, etc.); trolley; tram
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
user guide; how to operate; operation procedures
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
to collect one's thoughts; to gather one's thoughts; to put one's ideas in order
careful; elaborate; scrupulous
to pester someone (e.g. to buy something)
wooden house; frame house (building)
feces and urine; excreta; human waste
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
back lane; byway; back street; unfair means; dishonest means
orphan; person without friends
cavalry; cavalryman; trooper
yogurt; yoghurt; yoghourt
best-before date (on food); use-by date; expiry date; expiration date
to be more than one can imagine (esp. of sadness, anguish, etc.); to be impossible to comprehend
finishing writing, work, etc. at a stroke (stretch); knocking something off without a break
(being beholden to someone for a favor of) a night's lodging and a meal
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
Japanese Agricultural Standard; JAS
you; Mr; Mister; older brother; elder brother
these days; nowadays; recently
to develop a relationship; to build intimacy; to deepen a friendship; to get acquainted
red light (esp. on emergency vehicles)
work; labor; labour; toil
youth; minor; young people
unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious
official regulations; inner rules
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
grasping; gripping; handful; fistful; handle; grip; rice ball
(beating someone) hands down; with a single blow
to dart away; to dart off; to gallop away
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
desperately; recklessly; rush headlong