to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
starvation; famine; hunger
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
self control; self restraint
combat engineer; military engineer; combat engineering; military engineering
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
earthquake disaster; Great Kanto Earthquake (1923)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
agglomeration; clumping together; cohesion (of ions, etc.); flocculation (of colloidal particles); agglutination
grapple; scuffle; fight; defeating one's enemy on the battlefield
continuation; succession; series
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
eardrum; tympanic membrane
to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
healthy; sound; wholesome
to spoil; to rot; to corrode
to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)
storage room; storeroom; lumber room
large brown cicada (Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata); aburazemi
daytime; during the day; Japan and China
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
each day; from day to day; day-to-day
to begin to strike; to kick out; to forcefully expel; to hammer (pattern, etc.) into metal
universal; omnipresent; ubiquitous
to rebuild; to reconstruct
spirit; heart; disposition
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
correction; rectification; mending; repair
paste; glue; clothing starch
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
scroll mounter; picture framer
newsprint; newspaper used for wrapping, packing, etc.; newspaper
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull