to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
spring; spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
fukuwarai; New Year's game in which blindfolded players place cutouts of facial features onto the outline of a face
laugh and grow fat; (lit.) good fortune and happiness will come to the home of those who smile
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
Japanese morning glory (Ipomoea nil); picotee morning glory; funnel-shaped object; bell (e.g. of a trumpet); (arch.) rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
shoji (paper sliding door)
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
to be able to manage somehow or another
emergency measure; emergency procedures; first-aid treatment; stop-gap treatment; temporary repairs
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
to face; to go towards; to head towards
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
defense; defence; protection
perfect; complete; flawless
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
staying up late; keeping late hours; sitting up late at night; nighthawk
sleepiness; drowsiness; the sandman; Morpheus
every evening; night after night
regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand