extremely gruesome; lurid; violent; bloody; fierce
one's last moments; hour of death; death throes; agonies of death
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
aimlessly; unexpectedly (showing up); slowly swaying; staggering; moving feebly
final chapter; last chapter; last section (of a book, essay, song etc.); epilogue
(many) years; long-standing (esp. hatred, grudge); ancient
shopping; purchased goods
confections; sweets; candy; cake
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
enmity; antagonism; hostility; feuding (with); being at odds (with)
to live (on, by, etc.); to lead a life; to make a living; to earn a livelihood; to spend one's time (doing); to pass one's days (doing)
primary school; elementary school; grade school
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
caller; visitor; company; guest
relation; connection; relevance
the Bon Festival and New Year; two great things (happening at the same time)
returning home to one's parents (orig. of a married person); visiting one's parents (for a prolonged period of stay); bride's first visit to her parents after getting married; coming back (of an item; after having been on loan, etc. abroad); (arch.) temporarily returning to one's home (of a servant)
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
to lose; to miss (a chance, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
to cling tearfully to (someone)
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
to disentangle; to untangle; to unravel; to relax; to soften; to relieve (e.g. stress, tension)
sense of relief; feeling of relief
to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
to rise; to get up; to stand up; to sit up
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
feel; touch; texture; manner (with others)
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down
to allot; to assign; to give; to provide; to fit to; to fasten to
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
drizzling (rain); blearily; weakly (blinking); dejectedly; gloomily
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to squander (one's money); to run through (one's fortune); to lose money (e.g. by gambling)
lying down and getting up; waking; getting up; living (with); staying (with)
just before; just prior to; right in front of; just in front of
mountain road; mountain trail
running as fast as one can
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
much; remarkably; not at all (with neg. verb); quickly and vigorously; unhesitatingly