dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat
to draw in (one's body); to duck (one's head)
else; in addition; besides
that is to say; so that means
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
end of war; cessation of hostilities
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
island; one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.); one's turf
cruel; merciless; pitiful; tragic; breaking a precept without shame
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
along (a river, coast, railway, etc.); on (e.g. a street)
each house; every house; many houses
inundation; submersion; flood
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
middle ten days of a month; 11th to 20th day of a month
at that time; in those days
pupil; student; schoolchild
attendance (at school); going to school
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
alighting (from a train, bus, etc.); getting off; getting out (of a car)
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity; environs; surrounding area; district
shō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 litres
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity; (online) comment
to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryō system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
acquisition; obtaining; procurement; getting (hold of)
(soldier's) cooking utensils; mess kit; outdoor (camping) cooking utensils