to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
stuffed toy; stuffed animal; plush toy; soft toy; cuddly toy
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
to dig out; to gouge out; to scoop; to ladle; to jerk (one's chin)
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
Inaba (former province located in the east of present-day Tottori Prefecture)
mysterious disappearance; being spirited away
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
to get information; to find out; to get wind of
striking (at something) and missing; swing and a miss; vain attempt
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
walls have ears; (lit.) walls have ears, sliding doors have eyes
shoji (paper sliding door)
to lose sight of; to miss
a question (an issue) of where responsibility (liability) lies; a question of who is responsible (to blame)
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
looking for something; searching for something; object being sought