counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
every year; yearly; annually
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
separation; farewell; parting
to be born again; to make a fresh start in life
to cheer up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
(how) many times; (how) often
day after day; day by day
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
another thing; exception; special case
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
to be precocious; to be mature for one's age; to seem grown-up; to seem mature
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
promotion (school, military, etc.)
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
box; box (in theatre); booth (in restaurant, etc.); small rectangular building (e.g. telephone box); rectangular field area (batter's box, catcher's box); box (calfskin); central 4x4 area (othello)
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
with a glitter; with a sparkle; brand new; shiny and new
Saitama prefecture (Kanto area)
lonely (place); remote; in the middle of nowhere
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
reform; reformation; reorganization
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
strategic point; crucial time; watershed; crunch
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space