third grade; third class; tertiary
looking or acting as if one owned the place
cigarette end; cigarette butt
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
dissection; autopsy; postmortem examination; analysis; postmortem
bullying (the weak); bully
pursuer; pursuing party; posse
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
to run down (stairs, etc.)
one person; one customer; unmarried and childless older woman
to cast a shadow; to appear; to loom (of a threat, etc.); to manifest (of symptoms, etc.)
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
long-lasting; long-wearing; wears well; nagamochi; large oblong chest (for clothing, personal effects, etc.)
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
to get hungry; to become hungry
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
to be square; to be angular; to be jagged; to be formal; to be stiff; to be ceremonious
saying; maxim; aphorism; proverb
happi coat; happy coat; workman's livery coat; traditional Japanese straight-sleeved coat
tearing (along a perforated edge); peeling off (a plastic film, sticker, etc.)
to refuse; to reject; to deny
to eat up; to consume (completely)
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
being good at cooking; good cook
to exist; to remain; to consist (in); to lie (in); to retain; to preserve
any- (e.g. anything, anywhere, anyone); -ever (e.g. whatever, wherever, whenever); even (if it's just ...); at least; either ... or ...
found article; thing picked up (e.g. in the street); (lucky) find; piece of good luck; windfall
urgent business; pressing need; imperative
one round; one tour; one circuit; one patrol
(length of one's) step; stride; pace
outsiders; others; bystanders; onlookers; third person
eccentric; crank; weirdo; oddball
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to talk about someone behind their back; to backbite
faint hopes; dim prospects; little hope; unlikely (to be successful)