decrease; reduction; fall; depreciation; mitigation
flapping; rattling; (running) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) one after another; in quick succession; busily
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
dangling; swaying; (walking) leisurely; aimlessly; idly; lazily
nocturnality; nocturnal habits
middle of the night; dead of night
to get out of bed; to show a leg
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
sickroom; hospital room; ward
to glance at; to look at; to scan; to run one's eyes over
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
unique; original; individual; unusual
coping method; approach; how to deal with (problem, etc.)
definitive edition; authoritative edition; the best of its kind; the ultimate ...; the definitive ...
that is to say; so that means
at that time; in those days
enormous; gargantuan; immense; ridiculously large
ultimate; final; last; eventual
form; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
conclusion (of an argument, discussion, study, etc.); conclusion
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning
badger; Eurasian badger (Meles meles); anaguma castle (defensive opening)
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
temporary; transient; trifling; trivial; careless; perfunctory
to maintain (preserve) peace
especially; particularly; above all; most of all; more than anything else
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
to surge like an avalanche; to flood; to swarm; to stampede
to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)
to listen attentively to; to be absorbed in (listening to)
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
treating someone like a child
right to know; right to access information