lying on one's belly; crawling on one's belly; belly crawl
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
considerably; greatly; a lot
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
my goodness!; good lord!; holy cow!
trouble; difficulty; failure (of an engine, machine, computer, etc.); breakdown; (medical) condition; disorder
to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand
(staring) piercingly; (looking) hard
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
comrade in arms; war buddy; fellow soldier
finally; at last; at length; barely; narrowly; hardly
idling away time; unproductively; slowly (moving); heavily; ponderously
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
even more; still more; one step; one rung; one paragraph; one passage
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
to come to one's senses; to calm down
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
brazenly; shamelessly; alternating wins and losses (every other day); (arch.) stupidly; (arch.) cluelessly; (arch.) slipping away secretly
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
to recollect; to remember; to imagine; to guess; (arch.) to admire (e.g. beauty); (arch.) to praise
giving one's name; self-introduction; announcing one's name, rank, lineage, etc. (of a samurai on the battlefield); name given to male members of the nobility and samurai class upon coming of age; Japanese kanji reading used in names
two years later; year after next
January; first month of the lunar calendar
life imprisonment; life sentence
to obey; to submit to; to serve (in the army, a prison sentence, etc.); to go into (mourning); to observe; to take (medicine, poison, etc.)