pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
sister (sibling); (Catholic) sister; sister (female partner in a homosexual relationship)
every person; every mouth; every entrance
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
unconventional; eccentric; offbeat; aberrant; outlandish; crazy
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
unworthy; unbecoming; improper
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to become engrossed in; to become absorbed in; to become frayed and dishevelled (of hair, grass, etc.); to be fluffy
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
what kind of thing; anything (else); nothing (but)
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
falcon (esp. the peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus)
according to; due to; by (means of); because of; via; on the basis of
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
agglutination; adhesion; deadlock; stalemate; agglutination
to grow cold; to get chilly; to cool down
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
disparaging term; derogatory term; derogatory name
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
ear; hearing; ear (for music, etc.); edge; crust; ear (of a pot, jug, etc.)
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!
just because; even if; even though
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
to score an ippon; to score a full point (in judo, kendo, etc.); to one-up (someone); to defeat (in an argument); to score (against someone)
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion