tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
talking in delirium; incoherent muttering
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
genuine article; real thing; real deal
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
to collect; to assemble; to gather
that is to say; so that means
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
sit down; sit up; Sit! (to a dog)
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
severe wound; serious wound; gash
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to start a journey; to embark on a trip; to set forth; to hit the trail
one by one; one after another; successively
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
miasma; noxious form of "bad air" formerly believed to cause diseases
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
nobleman; dignitary; feudal lord (of the Edo period); daimyō; man brought up away from the world; arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world
toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; amusement; hobby