since when; from when; how long
failure; collapse; breakdown; (arch.) tear (in clothing, etc.); (arch.) rip; (arch.) split
with a collapse; with a slump
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
to faint; to lose consciousness; to be in a daze; to feel overwhelmed; to feel exhausted
hazing; gruelling training; waistband; woman's undergirdle
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
-less; lacking; non-existing
with a flap; with a snap; with a thud; with a crash; with a swish; with a rustle
to drop; to let fall; to omit
demotion; relegation; downgrading
demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move
exile; banishment; deportation
to feel giddy; to totter; to be unfixed (emotions, beliefs, etc.); to waver; to wander aimlessly; to loiter
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
warp; curvature; bend; curve (of a sword)
bathhouse; (public) bath; bathroom
suspicious-looking; fishy
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
(another's) son; boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
inattention; distraction; mind-wandering
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
aimlessly; unexpectedly (showing up); slowly swaying; staggering; moving feebly
to sink (into one's seat, etc.); to leap to one's death (by drowning); to be reduced to (esp. working as a prostitute)
assuming that ...; supposing that ...
thief; robber; burglar; rebel; insurgent; traitor
(hand-to-hand) fight; grapple; scuffle; struggling (with a problem, task, etc.); grappling; wrestling
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
that's the way it is; such is life
nonstandard; out of spec; irregular; exceptional; extraordinary; unbelievable
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
to treat (someone) to (something); to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live in luxury; to be proud; to be haughty
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily