darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off
to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
imagination; supposition; guess
torrent; rapid stream; violently rushing stream
1,000,000; one million; million; many
to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade somebody or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
don't worry about it; it's nothing; don't give it a thought
although I say; although one might say; although called
miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
folding chair (with tubular metal frame)
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
to mix with; to be mixed; to be mingled
sleeveless (garment); sleeveless haori
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
by means of; due to; because of; according to
to strip; to peel; to tear off
young girl; lass; adolescent female
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
existence; possession; having; limited company
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other