woman; female; feminine gender
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (playing card suit)
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
glaring; flaming; fiery; blazing
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
a little bit; a little while
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
southerly (wind); from the south
(not) even once; (not) ever
if it is the case that ...
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement