coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
to begin purchasing; to purchase
to act first; to act precipitously; to be rash; to get ahead of oneself; to jump the gun
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
greeting; a fine thing to say
warp; curvature; bend; curve (of a sword)
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
aimlessly; by chance; accidentally; casually; suddenly; unexpectedly
to become sullen; to sulk; to get angry; to peel (off); to come off
to swell; to expand; to inflate; to bulge
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
new ground (science, art, etc.); new front; new scope; frontier
reclamation (e.g. of wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. of a new market); breaking new ground
killing time; keeping oneself occupied; wasting time; waste of time
all night long; all through the night
leaving (a light, TV, etc.) on; leaving engaged (e.g. a key in a lock)
small-format paperback book; pocket paperback
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
being good-for-nothing; useless person
to hurl abuse (at); to use abusive language
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
cannot be helped; unavoidable
back lane; byway; back street; unfair means; dishonest means
old clothes; worn-out clothes; cast-off clothes
paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement
to become complicated; to become intricate; to become tangled
in this way; along these lines; similarly
face contorted and about to cry
alley; alleyway; path through a gate or garden; teahouse garden
sense of orientation; sense of direction
vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot; empty point
road; path; way; set of practices; moral education; Buddhist teachings; Taoism
mini-soccer; minifootball
naughty; mischievous; rascal; naughty kid; delinquency; misconduct