right beside; close to; nearby
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
to move along; to go alongside; to walk along; to follow; to run down (one's cheek, leg, etc.); to trickle down
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.
dew; tears; (not) a bit; (not) at all
hurry; rush; simple; brief; rough; crude
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
sleeping late in the morning; sleeping in; lie-in; late riser; person who is bad at getting up in the morning
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
to begin (doing); to start; to set about; to get down to
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
match (for lighting a fire)
to catch fire; to be ignited; to ignite; to flare up (of an emotion, controversy, etc.); to blaze; to be ignited (of a dispute, commotion, etc.)
puzzled; perplexed; quizzical; dubious; suspicious
to warm (e.g. one's hands over a fire); to dry; to toast; to grill; to broil
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
to sparkle; to glitter; to twinkle
to string along (of rope, etc.)
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
curtain; act (in a play); falling of the curtain; end (of a scene); end; close; case
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
association; society; organization; organisation
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
anything and everything; just about everything
because of; owing to; due to
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
sticking out prominently (usu. something long and thin); rising up
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth