things to do; must-do items; one's duty; what is required
soon; before long; shortly thereafter
side; beside; feature of a sword blade
thick growth of plants; plantation; shrubbery; thicket
rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); coarse; catching fish with a net
with a friendly grin; smilingly
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...
flapping; rattling; (running) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) one after another; in quick succession; busily
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
to cringe with fear; to cower with fright; to be terribly afraid
willingly; voluntarily; of one's own accord
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
hide-and-seek (game); hide-and-go-seek
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
trickling (of water); flickering (of fire); darting about (e.g. a small animal); scampering about
to move around; to move about; to get around
to smile (at); to grin (at)
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action
to stop walking; to pause
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
oh; right; I see; OK; gotcha
wee-wee; pee-pee; number one
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
line-marking machine; line marker
lime; quicklime; caustic lime
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
for a while; for some time; for a period
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
without cause; without reason
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
caged bird; person whose freedom has been restricted (esp. a prostitute, mistress, concubine, etc.)
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
period of youth; while young
leaving the nest; going out into the world; becoming independent
that's the way it is; such is life