friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
dilettante; lecher; nymphomaniac
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
heigh-ho; heave-ho; hold on!; just a minute; la-la
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
to devour; to bite to death
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
shadow picture; silhouette; shadowgraph
to cast a shadow; to appear; to loom (of a threat, etc.); to manifest (of symptoms, etc.)
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
common reed (Phragmites australis)
common reed (Phragmites australis)
cogon grass (Imperata cylindrica)
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
riding ground; racecourse; racetrack
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
escape; scud; scamper away
mask; veil; disguise; anonymous; unmarked; incognito
to be encouraged by initial success; to get a taste for; to yearn for more
wandering; rambling; roaming
thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
Kaga (former province located in the south of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture)
backbiting of a coward; grumblings of a loser
to become distant; to recede
to grow light; to become white; to turn grey (gray)
one by one; one after another; successively
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
that night; that evening; over the course of the evening
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
to stand firm; to hold out