backdoor; rear entrance; rear exit; unauthorized; illicit; illegal
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
to take off one's clothes; to undress
to look through; to hold up to the light; to make an opening; to leave space; to fart without making a sound
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
second most severe of the five punishments of ancient China (castration for men, confinement for women)
neurasthenia; nervous breakdown; concentration (card game involving turning over face-down cards to find identical pairs)
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
such; this sort of; like this
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
number of days; period of days; daily interest rate
sleeping during the day; (afternoon) nap; siesta
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
random attacker; slasher; demon who brings misfortune to houses or people he passes by
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
murder; homicide; manslaughter
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
something like ...; something called ...
shivering (with cold); trembling (with fear); shuddering
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
-less; lacking; non-existing
desk lamp; floor lamp; standard lamp
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
difficult to ...; hard to ...
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
visual hallucination; vision
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example