to squash; to crush; to flatten
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
to stroll about; to saunter; to wander; to dangle; to swing
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
how; in what way; by what means
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
instant; moment; for an instant
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
to face; to go towards; to head towards
surroundings; environs; circumference
to look around; to survey
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear