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
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 in one go; completing in one sitting; (doing something) in a single breath
emergency food; emergency rations
(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)
physical labor (esp. forced); strenuous manual labor; toil
youth; minor; young people
unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious
to forbid; to ban; to prohibit
official regulations; inner rules
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
grasping; gripping; handful; fistful; handle; grip; onigiri
(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; (rushing) headlong
taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
a lot more; much more; and then some; and plenty more than that
forwarding agent; carrier
coffee-flavored milk; coffee milk
striped mullet (Mugil cephalus); flathead grey mullet; black mullet; redlip mullet (Chelon haematocheilus)