to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
but; however; provided that
confinement to one's home; being made to stay at home
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
to misjudge; to mistake; to misjudge (someone); to overestimate; to miss seeing; to overlook
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
senior high school; high school
Koshien Stadium, a baseball stadium in Koshien which is the venue of the annual high school baseball tournaments; High school baseball in Japan, the tournaments generally referred to as Kōshien, named after the stadium; Koshien, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, a neighborhood of Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
one's heart's desire; one's dearest wish
to recall; to remember; to recollect
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...