good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
progress; advance; improvement; development
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
impudent; brazen; shameless; bold
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go
leveling up; raising the level (of); boosting; improving; improvement; rising to the next level
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
degree of difficulty; difficulty level
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited
one-way (trip); one-way ticket
turret; watchtower; high wooden stage; scaffolding; wooden frame (of a kotatsu); yagura
in the future; another day; later
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
building time; construction period
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
felling timber; cutting down trees; logging; lumbering
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
every person; every mouth; every entrance
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
to attempt; to test; to try out
to become clear; to be made public
strictly; severely; fully; closely; tightly
to cut down; to chop down; to fell
Distylium racemosum (evergreen tree of the winter-hazel genus)
kind (of goods); brand; (taxonomical) form; breed; cultivar