holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
pension (Western-style boardinghouse)
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
(period of) a year; during an era
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
participation; joining; entry; adherence
taking no notice; ignoring; not even looking at
flash (of light); glint; schiller
to give off sparks; to spark; to scintillate; to have a heated argument; to combat; to do something fiercely
threat; intimidation; menace
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
critical (touch and go) situation; explosive situation
battlefield; battleground
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
Lord; Highness; (arch.) you
feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience; having qualms about
deployment; spreading out; dispersal
bento; Japanese box lunch
throughout; all through; right through
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
exposing fully; uncovering completely; being in full view; putting on display; not disguising
to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
noisily (esp. the noise of heavy feet)
stairs; stairway; staircase
to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
to push aside; to brush or thrust aside; to remove; to get rid of
sleeping in late; oversleeping; late riser; sleepyhead