anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
at the same time; at once; just as ...; the moment ...; (but) at the same time; as well as
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
now; the present time; just now; another; more
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (e.g. endure); stoically
pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
again; once more; a second time
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
Chiba Prefecture (Kanto area)
(giving) birth; childbirth; native (of); product of; produced in; assets
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
stuffing a shopping container for a fixed price
snappingly; with a snap; no more or less than; merely ...; exactly ...
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing ...)
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
unexpected meeting; coincidence
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon