to get away without consequences; to get off scot-free
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
greater than ...; bigger ...
to be a matter of life or death
diversion; putting something to another use
dangerous position; peril
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
to dig out; to hollow out; to cut into
every one (of them); (one and) all; without exception; to a man; to the last person
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis
spell; charm; incantation; magic word
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion
picking; collecting; harvesting
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
nothing but; none other than
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
circulatory system (blood, lymph, etc.)
person who has escaped death; failed suicide; person who has outlived their time; dotard; doddering old man
confronting directly; meeting face-to-face
to take the time (to do); to set aside time (for)
in preparation; (shop) not yet open for business
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
to lose sight of; to miss
another meeting; meeting again; reunion