for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
surprisingly; stunningly; astonishingly; wonderfully
reverse; inversion; upside down; unreasonable; absurd; wrong
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
to cut and even up; to cut several pieces to the same size
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking
conviction; belief; confidence
very young; little; childish; immature
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
to be lifted up; to be hung up; to twitch upwards; to turn upward; to slant upward
protective household deity in Tōhoku, appearing as a red-faced child spirit with bobbed hair
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
that is to say; so that means
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; diverse; of all kinds; all manners of
green; emerald green; green color of new foliage; verdure
while; during (the time when)
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
to take away; to carry away
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
curiosity; inquisitiveness
observation; survey; watching
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to lie down; to retire; to go to bed (with an illness)
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
smallish; on the small side
to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of
vital part (of the body); tender spot; key point; essential point; male crotch (as a target in fighting)
to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out
breakdown; failure; damage; hurt; objection; protest
how; in what way; by what means