moment by moment; hour by hour
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
alas; regrettably; to my great regret; tragically
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back
departure; setting off; being used up; being consumed; passage of time; lapse; rehearsal
rest; break; recreation; recuperation; convalescence
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
to be ill; to suffer from; to worry about; to be concerned about; to have trouble doing ...; to be unable to ...
(military or pleasure) expedition
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
comeback; recovery; restoration; rally; reflexive (in grammar)
uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague
to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily
wall of rock; rock cliff; rock face
only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be
Tanba (former province located in parts of present-day Kyoto, Hyogo and Osaka prefectures)
late autumn (fall); (arch.) ninth month of the lunar calendar
texture (e.g. skin, fabric); grain (e.g. wood); detail
straight; directly; voyage; journey; straight road
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
retention; maintenance; preservation
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
ambush; troops in ambush; unexpected opposition; unexpected obstacle
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
Japanese grosbeak (Eophona personata)
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
one theory (opinion); another theory (opinion)
centre of circle; center of circle
out of necessity; with no other option; perforce; unavoidably; reluctantly; unwillingly
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
again (and again); once again; yet again; (there you go) again
being too late; losing one's final chance
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
strategy; military tactics
to take a view or perspective; to regard as; to consider to be