unnatural phenomenon; strange happenings; haunting
storage room; store room; lumber room
silence; stillness; quietness
making frequent appearances; appearing often; appearing and disappearing
almost; very nearly; only just; barely; just in time
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
you could say; you might say; verging on the
slightly (blushing); suddenly (getting bright, flaring up, flashing on, etc.); distractedly
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back; behind (e.g. someone); rear; appearance from behind
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
(not) a soul; (not) a single person
silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
already; now; no longer; not any more
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
loudly (wailing, making a noise, etc.)
rather; sooner; preferably
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
since one's birth; in one's whole life; all one's life
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over