Vocabulary

to be astonished; to be startled; to be appalled

to be troubled; to be worried; to be bothered

to behead; to decapitate

to finish; to end; to be completed

to mess around; to get carried away; to press one's luck

to behave like a spoiled child; to behave like a spoilt child; to fawn on

to mess around; to clown around

to play dumb; to feign innocence

indicates passive voice (incl. the "suffering passive")

auxiliary verb indicating the causative voice

to be; to exist

to do

to row up to (e.g. a ship)

to roof (a house with some material); to thatch; to shingle; to tile

to get wind of

to pelt down (of rain); to pour

to drift; to blow together

to blow and gather together (by the wind)

to rain dust; to have a dust storm

to act like a grown up; to pretend to be an adult

to clean and repaper shoji in preparation for winter

to lose one's senses; to go mad; to go off the rails

to exacerbate; to exasperate

to turn upwards

to spit out all around; to vomit all around

to hold one's tongue; to shut up

to break by hand (e.g. a flower); to break off (a twig); to pluck (a flower, a bud)

to darken one's face; to assume a gloomy look

to botch; to bungle; to fail

to botch; to bungle; to fail

to happen to be available; to have on hand; to have in stock

to spy on

to compare (e.g. notes); to exchange (e.g. views, opinions)

to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow)

to wail; to cry over; to bewail

to add to one's experience; to become skillful

to close one's eyes; to sleep

to perceive; to notice; to become aware (of); to realize

to be tormented (by dreams); to have a nightmare

to send afar