back street; back alley; slums
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
leader of a crime syndicate's henchmen; young leading subordinate in yakuza group
a few minutes later; after a few minutes
milk; infant formula; formula; condensed milk
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
coffee-flavored milk; coffee milk
another; one more; (not) quite; (not) very; lacking
interior; inside; internal
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
after a bath; after taking a bath; large towel used after taking a bath; yukata worn after taking a bath
to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp
close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry
inorganic matter; mineral matter; cold; inhuman; robotic
to put on; to wear; to get used to wearing
rude; outspoken; presumptuous; cheeky
to trick; to cheat; to deceive
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected
pit of the stomach; solar plexus
to shoot dead (with an arrow)
to be seething (with anger); to be frenzied; to be menacing; to be murderous
locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; feeling of hopelessness; being in a bind
watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
memories; recollections; reminiscence
close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near; being in close proximity; being adjacent
to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic
comfortable to live in (of a neighborhood, etc.); convenient; congenial; agreeable
geta; traditional Japanese wooden sandal; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character; net; geta
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
to swipe; to filch; to pilfer; to snatch; to walk off with
(taking a) bath; hot spring cure
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
common camellia (Camellia japonica)