as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
easily bored; quick to lose interest; fickle; capricious
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
texture (cloth, fabric, paper); feel; appearance
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
very interesting; of great interest
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
thereupon; shortly thereafter
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
pile; pool; gathering spot; waiting place for a wrestler beside the ring; liquid runoff from miso preparation; tamari
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
apparently; appears to be
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
no matter what anyone says; regardless of what is said
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
choices; alternatives; options
to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
parents and siblings; one's relatives
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
to become frayed; to become loose
barrette; hair clip; hair slide; hair band
creaking; squeaking; packing in tightly; cramming; hard (pressing, tying, twisting, etc.); tightly
to assail the nostrils (smell); to go nose-to-nose (with someone)
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
from out of nowhere; from who knows where