helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
danger; peril; hazard; risk
meaning; significance; sense
night air; stillness of night; cool evening
to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)
reflexively; reflectively; by reflex
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
tremblingly; having the chills (through fear, cold, anticipation, etc.)
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
boy; son; baby boy; young man
gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter
shadow; shade; shading; nuance; shades of meaning; subtleties
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
be (that) as it may; having said that
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
(arch.) sitting outdoors; room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion; temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
solitude; loneliness; isolation
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
one-eyed; first (in a series); initial
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
conviction; belief; confidence
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
likes and dislikes; pickiness (about food); choosiness; fussiness; tastes; preferences
another dimension; different level; whole other level
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
environment; circumstance
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
restlessly; nervously; uneasily; in a fidget