detour; circumvention; turning movement
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
one's way (ahead); one's path
pupil; student; schoolchild
something unusual; something wrong; mishap; accident; serious condition (e.g. after an injury); different situation
to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of
heavy-footed; slow of foot; reluctant; disinclined; unwilling
muddy water; red-light district
to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to pickle; to preserve (in salt, vinegar, etc.)
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
to be tripped up; to be too drunk to stand
to be stumped; to be at a loss; to be at one's wits' end; to be fed up; to be tired (of); to be unable to bear
risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh
area; zone; district; quarter; section; limits
place; position; location; position; standing; status
inundation; submersion; flood
Motoyama Station (Nagoya)
flood; freshet; inundation
vast (ocean, desert, etc.); boundless; vague (e.g. memories); unclear; rampant (weeds, etc.); running wild
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
to lie on top of one another; to be in a heap
downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
safety; welfare; well-being
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
to grimace; to make a wry face; to contort one's face
crying face; face of a person who is crying
weeping; sobbing; softly (crying); with a prolonged dull pain; having a griping pain
to sob convulsively; to heave with sobs
to become pale; to turn pale
club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse
being attached (to); being affiliated (to); belonging (to); attached school; affiliated school
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as ...; expresses a command