My words

横目

よこめ

sidelong glance

放っておく

ほうっておく ほっておく

to leave alone, to leave as is, to ignore, to neglect

聞き入れる

ききいれる

to grant (a wish), to accede, to comply with, to heed

鞦韆

ぶらんこ ブランコ

swing, trapeze

問わず

とわず

regardless of

村民

そんみん

villager

耳元

みみもと

close to the ear, into someones ear

耳元で

みみもとで

close to ones ears

何れくらい

どれくらい どれぐらい

how long, how far, how much

迫る

せまる せる

to approach, to draw near, to be imminent to press (someone for something), to urge, to compel

照れ隠し

てれかくし

hiding ones embarrassment

悪意

あくい

bad meaning mala fides, bad faith, criminal intent to deceive malice evil intention spite ill will

仰向け

あおむけ

face up

仰向ける

あおむける

to turn up (ones face)

結論づける

けつろんづける

to reason, to sum up, to conclude

夕闇

ゆうやみ

dusk, twilight

呼び止める

よびとめる

to challenge, to call somebody to halt

くすくす

chuckle, giggle

故

こ ゆえ

reason, cause, circumstances

てくてく

trudgingly, going long way at steady pace

不潔

ふけつ

unclean, dirty, filthy, impure

小僧

こぞう

youngster young Buddhist priest young shopboy, errand boy, apprentice

幽霊

ゆうれい

ghost, specter, spectre, apparition, phantom

堂々

どうどう

magnificent, grand, impressive, dignified, majestic, imposing, stately fair, square, open, unashamed, brazen grandly, boldly, confidently fairly, squarely, unreservedly, brazenly

ぼさぼさ

unkempt, ruffled hair or brush bristles, idling away time

爪

つめ

nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail), claw, talon, hoof plectrum, pick hook, clasp nails

癖毛

くせげ

kinky hair, frizzy hair, unruly hair, curly hair

櫛

くし

comb

悔しい

くやしい くちおしい

vexing, annoying, frustrating, regrettable, mortifying

母親

ははおや

mother