leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
looking pale; looking unwell
to faint; to lose consciousness; to feel overwhelmed; to be astounded
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
division into equal parts; equal parts
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
self-study; teaching oneself; studying by oneself (at school) while the teacher is absent
pupil; student; schoolchild
fields (of rice and other crops)
to cheer; to jeer; to mock
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
head; lead; vanguard; first
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to connect; to link together; to pull together; to close tightly; to purse (e.g. lips)
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
louse (esp. a sucking louse); lice
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
small stream; brooklet; murmuring (as of a stream)
escape; flight; breakout; fleeing; desertion
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
kamishibai; storytelling with pictures; form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse
great fortune; good luck; rice cake stuffed with bean jam
otherwise; if not; or else
disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic
loudly (flinging open a door); with a clatter; with a crash (e.g. of a falling structure); completely (change); utterly; louvre window (door, vent, etc.)
at long distance; in long intervals
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
picking up; someone who picks up things; type picking (letterpress printing); walking (of an aristocrat)
to write out; to make a fair copy; to rewrite
speedy; as rapid as possible; as soon as possible
to be impatient for; to wait (anxiously) for; to eagerly look forward to; to long for
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker