apparently; from what I have heard; they say; you know; I hear
to be infected; to be contagious
to coil itself (e.g. a snake); to loaf around
miserable; pitiful; tragic; painstaking
keep on (doing); (doing) the whole time; (doing) all the time; (doing) all the way; (doing) non-stop
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
plain-woven silk cloth produced on Hachijo Island (sometimes striped)
scrotum; testicles; scrotal; (arch.) pinecone; (arch.) pine cone
knock on wood; touch wood; heaven forbid; God help me; absit omen!
half; biracial person (esp. half-Japanese); person of mixed parentage
unexpectedly strong rain (for the region, etc.); sudden rain
sharing an umbrella; under one umbrella; sketch of an umbrella with two names under it (equiv. of "X loves Y")
something like ...; something called ...
to degenerate; to lapse into
somehow; without knowing (it); unconsciously; unthinkingly
to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands
interval; break; rift (in clouds)
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
you're welcome; don't mention it; not at all; my pleasure
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
infant (below 1 year old); suckling baby
latex (milky fluid found in plants); milky lotion (cosmetic); body milk
(being) fully equipped; (being) fully furnished; completeness
feeling chilly after taking a bath
to rule over; to govern; to command; to integrate; to consolidate; to unite
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
taking a long time; slowness; sluggishness; lack of firmness; looseness; slovenliness
just managing; with great difficulty
mission; delegation; transmission
making something widely known; introduction; debut; announcement; unveiling
being independent; standing on one's own; becoming independent
promotion; encouragement; fostering; unwanted help (usu. unintentionally harmful); unnecessary help
rash; eruption (in response to a skin irritant); influence; crazy about; having an affectation concerning all things surrounding something (esp. a language, a culture, etc.)