bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
wearing wooden clogs; floatplane
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
wooden floor; room with a wooden floor; changing room (at a public bath)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); shouting repeatedly; pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly
cruel; merciless; pitiful; tragic; breaking a precept without shame
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
phantom; vision; something fleeting; short-lived dream; fabled item; mythical thing
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
many; a lot of; a great number of; numerous
cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
appearance; expression; manifestation
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable
can do nothing but ...; have no choice but to ...; there is nothing to do but ...; cannot help ...
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
chest of drawers; bureau; cabinet; tansu; dresser
usual; normal; long (of time); old; for a long time; for a while
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
to get impatient; to become irritated; to fret; to chafe
armchair; chair with arm rests; senior staff
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
how; in what way; how about
hot (to the touch); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist