for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
to be needed; to be wanted
aeroplane; airplane; aircraft
fall; crash (e.g. aircraft)
to have a narrow escape from death
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
older brother; elder brother
the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)
life story; personal narrative; story of one's life
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
becoming a devout believer; (religious) conversion
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
it's probably so; it stands to reason
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
Okayama (city, prefecture)
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
(hospital) nurse; registered nurse; RN
growing light (e.g. at dawn); pale; appearing dumb; talking in an obvious way
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
faintly; weakly; dimly; fool; simpleton; dimwit
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar