to leave one's footprints; to leave one's mark on; to leave a message (behind)
corridor; hallway; passageway
living room (Western style); sitting room
to open wide (doors, windows, etc.); to fling open
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
simply; merely; only; solely
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
too much; excessively; too
guess; speculation; supposition
to run about; to rush about
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
handle; grip; stalk (of a mushroom, leaf, etc.)
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
to look away; to turn away
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
twice; again; second time
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory
natural phenomenon (phenomena)
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally