avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
and yet; though; when; in spite of
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
on one hand; on the other hand
(as alike as) two peas in a pod
two persons; two people; pair; couple
any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever
to create (a sensation); to give rise to (controversy)
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; amusement; hobby
proxy; ringer; substitute; second serving of noodles (to add to previously purchased ramen)
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
to weigh on one's mind; to be worried about (something)
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments; elusive; phantom
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
kawaraban (type of Edo-period single-page newspaper)
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
scoundrel; rascal; villain
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw