about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
long metal chopsticks (for handling charcoal, esp. in a brazier); fire tongs
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
distinctly (standing out); clearly; in sharp relief; boldly
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated
apathy; indifference; listlessness; athymia
to have tears in one's eyes; to be close to crying
considerably; fairly; quite
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
to wish (for); to pray (for); to hope (for); to pray silently; to recite (Buddha's name, sutras, etc.) in one's mind; to chant (a silent prayer)
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
to be touching; to be moving
to jump upon (a moving object)
at full speed; as fast as one's legs can carry one
to start rowing; to begin to row; to row out (e.g. to sea); to pull out; to start pedaling; to begin to pedal
to be hot on a person's heels
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
don't you think?; indicates question
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span
to have a talk; to tell a story
standing on bicycle pedals (out of the saddle); standing on a swing
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)