and then; in addition to that; also; even so
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
binoculars; field glasses
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
large amount of baggage; bulky baggage; cargo
rucksack; knapsack; backpack
to be in disorder; to lie scattered around
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
to set (sun); to become dark
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
consolation money; solatium; reparation; damages; settlement
Sue, Mai & Sawa: Righting the Girl Ship
emphatically (bite, gulp, chew, etc.)
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
ignorant of the ways of the world
foolhardy; reckless; fearless
selling on the market (in the marketplace, in stores, etc.); making something commercially available; commercial (e.g. software); over-the-counter; off-the-shelf
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
to stimulate one's appetite; to whet one's appetite
putting out the light; switching off the light
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
where did you hear that?; who did you get that from?
future (usually near); prospects
last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
novel; original; new; innovative
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words