to get hungry; to become hungry
duty; obligation; responsibility
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
to be attentive to small details; to be attentive to others (or others' concerns); to have one's mind turn groundlessly to something negative
once again; yet again; (there you go) again
modesty; humility; being humble
blood relative; close relation; (one's) flesh and blood; flesh and blood; the body
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
long ago; a long time ago; already
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
rational; reasonable; logical
doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own
fair attack; fair tactics; straightforward approach; standard procedure; established method
flat and smooth; unchanging; featureless; noppera-bō; humanoid creature with a flat, featureless face
Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904; Irish-Greek-born Japanese writer); Koizumi Yakumo
to become familiar with; to get used to; to become accustomed to; to come to fit; to go (well) with; to suit
badger; raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides)
certain; definite; clear; credible
desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving
principle; theory; fundamental truth
(someone else's) parents; both parents
to be content; to have enough; to be happy; to rise (of the tide)
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
from one's home; while sitting at home; without leaving one's house; without moving from one's chair; without taking a step outside
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
don't you think?; indicates question
to enter; to go into; to meddle (in); to interfere (in); to go deeply (into an issue); to delve deeper (into)
speech; expression; wording; language
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about