taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
cracking; splitting; ripping; crashing; creaking; groaning
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)
to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down
reimbursement; compensation; reparation; indemnity
rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); course; catching fish with a net
beyond that point; after that
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
upper; upward; outer; surface; top
falling down; tumbling; reversing; inverting; getting upset
with a clatter; with a rattle; empty; bare; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
to slide down (snow, etc.)
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
to collapse (physically or emotionally); to fall down
to stop crying; to cry oneself out
to feel hot; to flush; to burn
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
to bind; to fasten; to tie up
packing; crating; packaging
to drop to one's knees; to sink to one's knees
different room; another room; separate rooms
dark; gloomy; black; doleful; discouraged; disappointed
self-torture; masochism; inflicting damage to oneself
to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to deal with (an issue); to manage; to treat (someone); to deal with (someone)
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
right to investigate; investigatory power
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
to get entangled; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated
lint (as in a clothes dryer or a pocket); waste thread; fibers, such as might wrap around the gears in small mechanisms and cause them to jam; fluff
untalkative; quiet; taciturn; reticent; uncommunicative
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
mass communication; mass media
glacial period; glacial epoch; glacial era; tough period; drought (of opportunities, jobs, etc.)
preliminary announcement; previous announcement; portent; sign; forewarning
plausible (but untrue); credible (e.g. of a lie); specious; truthy
major earthquake; large earthquake
general situation; general trend; general tendency; way things are moving; current (of the times); tide (e.g. of public opinion)