on the way home from school
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
under one's arm; (in) the armpit
small bag or pouch carried in the hand; clutch bag
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
at any moment (now); at any minute; on the verge of (doing); just about to
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else
to be at a loss; to be puzzled; to be perplexed; to be pressed for; to be pinched for; to become poor
to load (with goods, cargo); to put on board; to stow aboard
10th day of the month; ten days
money in one's possession
to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while
to fail to earn a credit; to fail to make the grade
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)
somehow; for some reason or other
in general; generally; as a whole; all in all; altogether
earrings (for pierced ears); ear piercing; body piercing
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
strong person; the strong; the powerful
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
handling (e.g. knife, reins); control; dealing with (e.g. customers); management; sabaki; properly treating one's weak stones under attack
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
(not) at all; (not) by any means; (cannot) possibly; absolutely (not)
chance (of success); odds
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
to move around; to move about; to get around
narrow (blade); slender (figure, build); thin
Afro (hairstyle); Afro-; African
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
in the end; on top of that
messenger; envoy; emissary
to get excited; to be roused (to action); to get the itch (to do)
a little; for a moment; a short while; just a minute
(military) expedition; campaign; expedition (for exploration, research, etc.); travelling (a long way); tour (by a sports team, performer, etc.)
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
autumn sky; clear blue autumnal sky
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
going to and from school; school commute
to keep watch (e.g. on a suspect); to be on the lookout (for); to spend a lot of money (on); to treat oneself (to); to paste; to stick
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill; check; bill; promissory note