shadow figure; silhouette
to run through; to run past
solemn; sublime; grand; magnificent; impressive
stone wall; dry wall; rocky cliff; stone precipice
smooth; shiny; slippery; greasy; slurping (noodles)
in spite of; regardless of
wind and snow; snowstorm; blizzard; hardships
fragment; splinter; wane (of the Moon)
third stage; three stages
ascent; climbing; ascending (path); upbound (esp. toward Tokyo)
stairs; stairway; staircase
to polish up; to shine up
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
while; during (the time when)
to move forward; to move on
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
to be caught in a trap (snare, etc.); to fall for (a trick, ambush, etc.)
careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate
vexing; irritating; impatient
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
to call; to invite; to eat; to drink; to put on; to wear; to ride
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
enshrinement; installation (of an image)
presence (e.g. of an observer); observation; observer; trading session (at an exchange)
common use; communal use; sharing
space (room, area, outer space)
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
inherited; family (heirloom); ancestral
powerful person; influential person
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
one's possessions; ownership
treasure; treasured item; prized possession
illegal digging; illegal mining; grave robbing; tomb robbing