illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
long time; long interval; for quite some time
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
court (of law); courtroom
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
ability; capacity; capability; physical strength
to attempt; to test; to try out
prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease
final stage; final stretch; live printing area (in publishing); gallery (in a theatre); driving (animals, fish, etc.); herding
outside world; physical world
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
to write (a play, book, filmscript, etc.)
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
Madadayo!(No, Not Yet!) (film)
hide-and-seek (game); hide-and-go-seek
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
scraps; cut end; cut-off piece
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
(one's) youth; one's younger days
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
to amuse oneself; to make merry
alternately; by turns; one after the other