family vacation; family trip
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
succession; continuation; series; sequence
to become stronger; to grow in intensity; to grow violent; to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers)
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
understood; I see; OK; present; here
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
buying; shopping; buyer; purchase
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
how can (one) do something
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
hickey; hickie; love bite; kiss mark; lipstick mark
emoji; pictorial symbol; pictograph; ASCII art
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing
to continue (going along some trend)
at first; in the beginning; originally
brake; drag; skid; restraint; curtailment; self-imposed limit