countryside people (in town); visitor from the country; out-of-towner; country bumpkin (visiting the big city); yokel
trickling (of water); flickering (of fire); darting about (e.g. a small animal); scampering about
vehicle; conveyance; (means of) transport; ride (at a fair, amusement park, etc.); attraction
swallowing without chewing; swallowing (e.g. a story); accepting without questioning
Catherine wheel (firework); pinwheel
reins; bridle; control; the reins (on)
too (much); overly; excessively
punishment (of children); spanking; smacking; criminal punishment (esp. execution; Edo period)
young mother (sometimes previously a juvenile delinquent)
abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
shopping centre; shopping center; shopping mall
sacred place; holy ground; the Holy Land; real-life location used as a setting in a novel, film, anime, etc.
to become complicated; to become intricate; to become tangled
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot
emergency staircase; fire escape
hanging around; wandering around (aimlessly); moving around (restlessly); running around
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
modern civilization; modern civilisation
division of work; sharing out the work; splitting into groups (e.g. to search for someone); separating into parties
every ...; every other ...; at intervals of ...; with ... in between; ... apart
one round; going around; making a round (of); first anniversary of a person's death
to run out of breath; to get breathless; to get puffed (out)
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
passing each other; missing (meeting) each other; failing to meet; (being at) cross purposes; discrepancy
to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied
stamina; energy; stamina-boosting (esp. of meat dishes containing raw egg yolks, garlic, Chinese chives, etc.)
to chase; to run after; to pursue; subsequently; following that; (and) then
reinforcement (e.g. of troops)
deeply (stab, thrust, etc.); hard
inorganic matter; mineral matter; cold; inhuman; robotic
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
cops and robbers (hide-and-seek game)
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
fixed period; fixed term; regular; periodic; fixed-term commuter pass; fixed-term deposit