to commit seppuku; to commit harakiri; to take responsibility (and resign); (arch.) to laugh until one splits one's side
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart
to take hold of; to possess; to haunt
enthusiast; mania; enthusiasm
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
clearing one's throat; cough
two persons; two people; pair; couple
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
pink (colour, color); (lit.) colour of peach (flowers)
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
to dip out; to scoop up; to ladle out
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
brutal (atmosphere, society, etc.); savage; fierce; violent; bloodthirsty; stark
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
burden; load (e.g. CPU time, electricity, etc.)
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how