enthusiast; mania; enthusiasm
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
since then; from that time; ever since
bathtub; boat with a bathtub rented to customers (Edo period)
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
locking up (doors and windows); fastening the doors
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
had better ...; had better not ...
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
condensation; formation of dew
with a "plop" (of tears, drop of water, etc.)
drop (e.g. of water); drip
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
leaving something as it is (after taking it out or turning it on)
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
to feel dizzy; to have blood rush to one's head; to lose one's cool; to be obsessed; to be infatuated; to become conceited
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
getting wet; wetting; exposure to water
earthquake disaster; Great Kanto Earthquake (1923)
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt