to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
diamond; (railway) schedule; timetable; diagram
means of transportation; transport service
cannot help (doing, etc.); cannot resist; must not ...; should not ...; must ...; have to ...
heavy snow; "major snow" solar term (approx. Dec. 7)
sudden; unexpected; unpredictable; unforeseen
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
look!; there!; here!; that is
to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
service (bus, train); operation; motion; revolution; movement
torrential rain; heavy rain; cloudburst; downpour
restoration; restitution; rehabilitation
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
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
guerrilla; guerrilla warfare; sudden
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed
to cease; to stop; to be over
thick voice; husky voice; guttural voice; voice with a thick accent
transport staff (driver, conductor, etc.); crew member; crewman
to lash out at; to flare up at; to fly at; to turn on
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
sound; noise; acoustics; reverberation; echo; audio
state of mind; mentality; psychology
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
viewing as ...; seeing as ...; treating as ...; regarding as ...
everything; anything; nothing
stress relief; stress release; blowing off steam
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to sing; to chirp; to twitter
to split finely; to splinter; to get frayed; to become irritable