to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
petty bourgeois; lower middle class
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
living room (Western style); sitting room
Obon; Bon Festival; Buddhist festival for honouring the spirits of one's ancestors, held in mid-August or in some regions, mid-July; tray
to happen to meet; to come across; to run into; to bump into
to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)
nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner
to look away; to avert one's eyes; to avoid facing (e.g. reality)
hot (to the touch); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled (of an arrangement, conclusion, etc.)
just now; a little while back; a short time ago
exactly alike (in appearance); like two peas in a pod; (practically) identical; spitting image (of); carbon copy (of)
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
grumbling; muttering; nonsense
state (of affairs); situation; appearance; look(s); sign; indication
white of the eye; cold, unwelcoming eyes
to peel; to skin; to pare; to bare (teeth, fangs); to open wide (eyes)
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
interior of the mouth; oral cavity
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (of a book); (one) complete set (of books)
degenerate; pervert; deviant
looking coldly on; looking upon disapprovingly; frowning on
hair (on the head); (a) hair
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing (on a typewriter)
with a start; in a fright; alarmedly
obligation chocolate; chocolate given by women to male colleagues, etc. out of obligation on Valentine's day
correct answer; right solution; correct interpretation; right decision; right choice; appropriate judgement
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
wistful; desirous of; hungry-looking; greedy-looking
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other