solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy
quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless
to find out; to discover; to locate
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
giving one's name (or rank, etc.); self-introduction; name readings of kanji
vengeance; revenge; retaliation
to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around
shaved head; person with a shaved head; skinhead; shaved-headed member of a subculture often associated with Neo-nazism
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
phantom; vision; illusion
continuation; persisting; lasting; sustaining; enduring
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do
to get late; to advance; to wear on
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
to shed light; to cast light
in range; within the limits (of...); within (a) range
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
bow and arrow; weapon; arms
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
one way or the other; either way
to intervene; to stop (something)
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman
thicket; coppice; brushwood
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
to go past; to pass; to pass by
safety zone; buffer (e.g. against defeat)
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to jump over; to clear; to walk over (someone)
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
longish; moderately long; somewhat long; fairly long
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove