repayment; reimbursement; refund; redemption
coward; weakling; scaredy cat; wimp; sissy
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
divine punishment; wrath of God; justice of heaven; suitable punishment; just deserts; come-uppance
several times; once or twice
can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
grove of miscellaneous trees; copse; coppice; thicket
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
everyday clothes; ordinary clothes; casual wear; informal dress
to lose (money, etc.); to waste one's (time, etc.); to have one's efforts come to naught
contraction; shortened form; abbreviated form
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
squint; cross-eyed; mistaken view
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
consent; assent; understanding; agreement; comprehension; grasp
to wait eagerly for; to look forward to
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
late at night; small hours of the morning
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
waiting expectantly; waiting eagerly; looking forward to; long-awaited
delicious; appetizing; appetising
likes and dislikes; pickiness (about food); choosiness; fussiness; tastes; preferences
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
shooting star; falling star; meteor; blaze (wide white stripe down the face of a horse)
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
major; large; the Major Leagues; Major League Baseball; major (key, scale, etc.); (oil) major
meteor swarm; meteor shower