handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvring
Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus)
potter's wheel; lathe; pulley; windlass
point in common; common feature
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
correction; revision; amendment
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
to fall on one's backside; to land on one's rear
group; party; team; squad; section
to firmly tighten (e.g. around neck, throat); to constrict; to strongly press (someone); to crack down on; to settle accounts
sun (approx. 3 cm); length; measurement; shortness; tininess
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while
to persuade; to urge; to coax; to make advances (to); to seduce; to court
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
don't worry about it; forget about it
senior; older; third-year kindergarten student
tally; check; piece of wood or paper split in half and given to each party as a form of proof (e.g. of a transaction)
irritating; troublesome; gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; heavy (weather); cloudy
suffocation; choking; asphyxia
to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
to move (house); to change residence
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
sudden reversal (of behavior, opinion, attitude, etc.); about-face; flip-flop
to destroy; to break (by striking); to smash; to ruin (a plan, atmosphere, etc.); to spoil; to wreck
large household; large family; large group (of people); big organization; great wealth
related to; in relation to
accidentally; in error; by mistake; by accident
breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
to smile (at); to grin (at)