remote countryside; boondocks; the sticks
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
witnessing; observing; sighting
deserted village; poor village
wasteland; wilderness; abandoned land; devastated land
to ride up to; to drive up to; to get used to riding; to get used to driving
proposal; offer; request; application
consent; assent; understanding; agreement; comprehension; grasp
very much; very many; more and more
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
being about to cry; the verge of tears
to knock down; to knock off
fall; crash (e.g. aircraft)
random-access memory; RAM
good old wife; one's wife of many years
to duck one's head; to pull in one's head; to duck down; to shrug one's shoulders
size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)
(artillery) barrage; bullet hell; curtain fire; barrage of scrolling comments (overlaid on an online video)
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
to step firmly; to harden by treading
heat haze; shimmer of hot air
to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
loss; feeling of loss; Los Angeles
trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in