all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
to put a thing on top of another; to cover; to lay something on
to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered
Metal Monkey (57th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1920, 1980, 2040); Shōmen Kongō (deity); kōshin-machi (religious wake)
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
rights and wrongs; the relative merits (of a case); propriety
blaming; criticizing; criticising
as (for); for; in the capacity of
tacit permission; tacit consent; connivance
rather; better; instead; if anything
one (thing); one piece; one item
barrier; gate; seki; mutual life
thanks; gratitude; appreciation; thankfulness
to pass by; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it; to go too far
central; main; just (done); counter for consecutive losses
to give one's life; to lay down one's life
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
thus; in this way; like this
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
to become complicated; to become intricate; to become tangled
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
for this very reason; that is exactly why
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
easy to see; easy to read; easy to understand; (arch.) easy to look at; (arch.) attractive
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
busy; high-stress; hectic; pressed (with business)
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
trick that may deceive a child; transparent ploy; mere child's play; trivial (e.g. scheme); transparent; trifling (e.g. matter)
especially; particularly; unusually; (arch.) additionally
way (of doing); manner; method
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
ignoring; losing sight of (an objective); discarding
each; (arch.) you (plural)
self-; from (a time or place)
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc., esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (e.g. last month); for (e.g. 20 years)
independently; individually; separately; alone; singlehanded; unassisted
several times; a few times
how; in what way; how about