to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts
the aforementioned; the said; (man, incident, etc.) in question; the usual
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
succession; continuation; series; sequence
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
to wash away; to rinse off
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern
lantern ghost; demonic lantern
to use as an intermediary; to mediate; to assist; to worry; to mind; to care
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
steady advance; carrying all before one
independence; autonomy; self-reliance
unwelcome; nerdish; unpopular
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
considerably; greatly; a lot
rokurokubi; long-neck woman; monstrous person (often a woman) with a neck that can expand and contract (in Japanese folklore)
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
one-eyed goblin; one-eyed monster
to rise to the surface; to surface; to stand out (e.g. against a background)
starting late; late departure
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
(with) great vigour (from the way splitting bamboo goes all down the stick); irresistible force
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
to become clear; to be made public
preparatory school (for entrance examinations); cram school; cramming school
superior; boss; them (as opposed to "us"); person above; upstairs neighbour (neighbor)
all members; everybody; regular member
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
conquest; domination; mastery
to agree; to decide upon; to enter into (a contract)
travelling on foot; traveling on foot; travelling all over
abstention; nonparticipation
notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties
free-for-all; open-to-all; optional (to participate in); non-compulsory
sliver of hope; gleam of hope; ray of hope