to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
crack; fissure; rift; split; chaps; skin fissure
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
stepping (in place); stamping (up and down); stomping; standstill; stalemate
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
to hide; to conceal oneself
to strain (one's ears, eyes); to prick up (one's ears)
licking one's lips; licking one's chops
tight-lipped; able to keep a secret
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
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
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
ground glass; frosted glass
to run into (room, building, etc.); to go for long training runs
breakdown; failure; damage; hurt; objection; protest
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
to be oversensitive; to be nervous; to be overly concerned; to worry too much
caster; newscaster; news anchor; anchorman
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened
to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...
to throw a punch at; to swing at; to strike out at; to raise a hand against
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into