in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
range (of a rifle, missile, etc.)
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
chaos; turmoil; pandemonium; havoc
to scurry home; to run home; to fly back
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
stillness; silence; quiet; hush; calm; serenity
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
in order to do; for the purpose of doing; must; should
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
festival; feast; carnival; matsuri
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
(wandering) minstrel; troubadour
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other
being preoccupied with; being obsessed; only thinking of; having only ... on one's mind
abdomen; abdominal region; belly; middle part
spirits; excitement; tension; tension (mental strain); anxiety
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below; to wedge; to play a wedge
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen
matter causing distress; something causing worry
speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought
environment; surroundings; circumstances
(death from) starvation; starving to death
establishment; settlement
foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)
barnyard millet (Echinochloa esculenta); Japanese millet; sanwa millet
nutritional value; food value
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
buying and eating sweets (esp. of children); between-meal snacking
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
cheerful; merry; sunny; bright (sky, day, etc.); fine; clear
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up