sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
taking a breath (while singing, swimming, etc.); short break; breather
to fold up; to fold into layers
snivel; nasal mucus; snot
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
word root (the smallest portion of a larger word that holds meaning)
religious painting; religious picture
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
porcupine (any mammal of suborder Hystricomorpha)
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
(sleeping) peacefully; quietly; soundly
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
everything turning out fine; the whole thing being settled
to regain one's breath; to catch one's breath
parroting back; repeating (something one was told) like a parrot
premodern; old-fashioned; outmoded; antiquated
to take great pains; to make every effort; to rack one's brains; to be concerned; to worry
painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; toil; labor; labour
complete stranger; total stranger
to gather (bringing something); to gather (to exchange something)
novelization; novelisation; turning a film script into a novel
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch
to rise (suddenly) in the world (to a higher position)
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled; mowing down the enemy
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
treasure; treasured item; prized possession
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible
adaptation (from); rebaking
encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement
bento; Japanese box lunch
along the road; along the way
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)