being selected (for a prize, exhibition, etc.); being accepted; winning
fiscal year (usu. April 1 to March 31 in Japan); financial year; academic year; school year; product year
One Thousand and One Nights; Arabian Nights
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain
storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story
continuation; succession; series
suckling child; babe in arms; child at the breast; baby; infant
thief; robber; burglar; bandit
to run about trying to escape
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
to be born; to come into the world
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
to shine; to look slightly upward (of a noh mask; indicating joy, etc.)
cracking; splitting; ripping; crashing; creaking; groaning
to be squashed by; to be pinned under
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
end of life; death; annihilation
one's last moments; (on) the point of death; (on) one's deathbed
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
to be seized with fear; to be seized with panic
thunderous; rumbling; thunderously; rumblingly
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
to hide; to conceal oneself
to become familiar with and cherish; to get to know and love
one's house; one's home; one's family
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
to have a nightmare; to make a noise during a nightmare
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)