apathy; indifference; listlessness; athymia
telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
to burn to a crisp; to scorch
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
to pulverize; to break into pieces; to beat to a pulp; to defeat completely; to crush
look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression
silence; stillness; quietness
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
in good taste; tasteful; having good taste; having a cultivated taste
besides; in addition; also; moreover
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
not caring; not giving a damn
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
without; but if; otherwise; or else
to trip someone up; to pull the carpet from under
covered with; stained; smeared
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
distinctive; characteristic
to employ (as a retainer); to enlist; to engage
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Scaphium affine)
fortune; riches; goods; incorporated foundation
one large ...; a great ...
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
area; region; district; locality
ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance