(eating) noisily; (chewing) with an open mouth; crumpled; creased; messy; disorderly
kinky hair; frizzy hair; unruly hair; curly hair
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
small build; small stature; petite; small pattern
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae); Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
creeping (of an insect, etc.); crawling; restlessly; fidgeting; hesitantly; slowly
exposure to the sun; sunny place; per day
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
running off in the night (to leave one's old life behind, e.g. to get away from debt); moonlight flit; skipping town overnight; upping and leaving under the cover of darkness; midnight vanishing act
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
Sōseki; Sōseki Natsume (1867-1916; novelist)
Ōgai; Ōgai Mori (1862.2.17-1922.7.9; novelist, poet, translator and Army Surgeon general officer)
Chekhov; Chekhov, Anton (1860-1904; Russian playwright and short-story writer)
I see; that's right; indeed
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
10,000; ten thousand; 10^4
taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
thousands; several thousand
common; ordinary; fair (e.g. fight); gracious; frank; open
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
offender; criminal; culprit
very likely; very probable
(not) very; (not) so; (not) very much; (not) particularly; (not) especially
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
stipulation; prescription; normal (unit of normality); compulsory exercise (in gymnastics); compulsory routine
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire