hot topic; talk of the town
uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
misgovernment; misrule; bad government
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
to tremble violently; to shudder up; to shake
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
early morning; early hours; early in the morning
incident; affair; happening; event
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
to buy (of a government, public agency, etc. from a private citizen); to purchase; to buy up (all of something)
returned goods; returning purchased goods
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
incessantly; continuously; continually; unceasingly; without a break
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
pebble; round stone; boulder
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
pitch dark; total darkness
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)