grave; solemn; serious; harsh (e.g. truth); hard; strict
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
to intervene; to stop (something)
to draw the line (between two situations); to make a clear distinction; to make it clear where one stands; to take clear responsibility for (mistakes, etc.)
faultfinding; carping; quibbling; cavilling; caviling
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
being still half asleep; being half awake; being not yet quite awake
Son of God; Jesus Christ; child of God; Christian; prodigy; young ace
established theory; accepted opinion; accepted explanation
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
fingernail mark; scratch; scars (e.g. of war); traces (of damage); ravages
thorough (criticism, defeat, etc.); utter; serious
unfaithful adaptation; hideous adaptation; terrible spin-off
asking for the moon; pining for what one doesn't have; thinking the grass is greener on the other side of the fence; asking for too much; asking for the impossible
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
feminine; womanly; female
to blow through; to blow across
to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound
as far as the eye can see
conceit; hubris; vanity; presumption
point worthy of note; highlight; high point; good prospects for the future; promise
something like that; sort of like that; similar to that; in that vein
(parasitic) host; landlord; innkeeper