ladle; dipper; wild chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris); cow parsley; keck
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
finally; after great pains; at last; just barely
top of the head; vertex; parietal
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
nod; inclination of the head
being covered with water (i.e. in a flood); being submerged; being inundated; flooding
to break onto (shore); to wash ashore; to attack
person who has spent X years after graduating high school attempting to get admitted to (a specific) university
counter for waves (of a repeated occurrence)
shore; bank (of a body of water)
means of transportation; transportation system; way of getting around
grand; luxurious; lavish; great; large; big (e.g. storm)
under one's eyes; below one's eyes
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
entirety; whole; balance (in Zen); equality
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit
to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric
firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm
killing and wounding; bloodshed
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water
to apologize; to apologise
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
faint; trance; swoon; stupefaction
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
government service; the bureaucracy
to be unable to bear (something) any longer; to be unable to put up with (something) any longer
wicket gate; wooden door; entrance to an entertainment venue (i.e. sumo arena, etc.)
comma; decimal point; radix point