won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
family; members of a family
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to be ordered (to do); to be charged with (a duty); to be assigned (a job)
with a start; with a jump
being afraid of; being fearful; being timid; trembling; shivering
unintentionally; inadvertently; calmly; casually; nonchalantly; innocently
to approach; to draw near
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
at once; there and then; immediately
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
unpredictability; element of surprise
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
tool; implement; means; furniture
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
steel; steal (baseball, basketball); still (picture)
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
period of rapid growth (especially Japan's period of rapid economic growth after WWII)
factory or industrial district or area
chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
hide-and-seek (game); hide-and-go-seek
one's heart; one's mind; one's intentions
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
dirty smoke; soot and smoke
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close