last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
dramatic turn-around; major reversal; great comeback; game changer
suitable; appropriate; becoming; fitting
light and easy; lambent; clever; witty; smart
way of reciting; way of telling a story
good (person, nature, etc.); good-natured; virtuous; honest
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense)
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
price; cost; charge; price (of achieving something); cost; sacrifice
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
Akutagawa Ryūnosuke (1892.3.1-1927.7.24)
The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; full provision
to send flying with a kick
firing (esp. a rocket or missile); launching; shooting; ejaculation
recitation; reciting from memory
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
belief; faith; conviction
slight movement; slight tremor; quiver
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else
to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength
bare eyes (i.e. without glasses, contact lenses, etc.); uncorrected vision; unaided vision
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)
at any cost; at any price; at any expense
animation; animated film; animated cartoon; anime
to sob convulsively; to heave with sobs
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
summer festival (esp. an outdoor musical festival)
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion