good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
carpet; rug; mat, mattress, quilt etc. spread out on the floor (or ground) and used to sit or sleep on; spread; (cloth) cover
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
mysterious profundity; quiet beauty; the subtle and profound; yūgen
to be transparent; to show through
repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row
to tighten; to press hard
trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
(not) a single person; (no) one
accomplishment; realization; attainment; penetration; pervasion
to introduce; to compare; to check; to adjust; to pull into place
cold; frigid; bracing; dignified
very interesting; of great interest
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
no one at all; no one, who he or she may be
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
fall; drop; descent; coming down
sleep-talking; nonsense; gibberish
hateful; detestable; loathsome
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
long ago; a long time ago; already
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
to wake up (someone; by calling out); to awaken; to bring back (e.g. memories); to evoke; to recall
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
to explain in an easy-to-understand manner
to pull out; to draw out; to disconnect; to steal contents of; to pilfer (from); to pickpocket