no matter what anyone says; regardless of what is said
to curl oneself up; to squeeze oneself in; to be huddled
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); younger stepbrother
nothing but; none other than
to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize
compensation; indemnification; reparation; consideration
to be expensive; to be costly
in the same manner as before; the same as always
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly
to not believe one's ears
unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
comical (story, song); comic; the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.); something laughable
shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
to collapse into; to flop onto
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
suddenly; all of a sudden
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
being in abstraction; being dazed; being absentminded; stargazing
life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
one's last moments; death throes; agony of death
end of life; death; annihilation
to go pale; to grow pale; to lose color; to turn white
encroachment; erosion; corrosion
end; close; finish; termination