last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
to blow out; to spout out
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
please; I beg you; for mercy's sake
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
to be filled with grief; to be overcome with sorrow
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
(a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
proxy; agent; substitute; deputy; alternate; representative
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
(a woman) being gifted with both intelligence and beauty
producing (people) in great numbers; appearing one after the other
while alive; during one's lifetime
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
in the mountains; among the mountains
slightly early; just before
riverside; edge of a river
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
without; but if; otherwise; or else
one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection
sense of values; values; value system
spell (that restricts one's movements); binding spell
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
to accuse somebody; to charge someone
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant