to burst open; to pop; to split
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
diminutive; dwarfish; pygmy; narrow (e.g. thinking); small
complete devotion; body and soul; one's best
upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor
suddenly; all of a sudden
capture; seizure; prehension; apprehension; understanding; grasp
cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
consideration; taking into account
thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest
calm; composed; leisurely
spoiled fun; loss of interest; damper (e.g. on the party); wet blanket; turn-off
story; tale; talk; discussion
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
and various other things; and many others; and all the rest; and so on and so forth
to take all things together; to include everything; to take account of everything
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
Northern Europe; Nordic countries; Scandinavia
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
sense of loss; feeling of loss
characteristic; traditional; peculiar; inherent; native; eigen-
to be injured; to sustain a wound
resuscitation; regeneration; reformation; rehabilitation; playback; regeneration (sound, etc.)
the problem (at issue); the point at issue; problematic issue; problem
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently