imagination; supposition; guess
to push aside; to overcome (e.g. difficulties); to align; to put in order; (arch.) to push open
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
resolute; determined; bold
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
to make a joint vow; to swear together; to pledge
(somebody's) child; person with parents; other people's children; the Son of Man; Christ
vital part (of the body); tender spot; key point; essential point; male crotch (as a target in fighting)
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
danger; peril; hazard; risk
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
(of a smell, esp. a good smell) strong
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
local anesthesia; local anaesthesia
pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad
scene; spectacle; sight; view
extremely cold feeling that makes one feel numb; sharp pain that is almost numbing; heartrending; touching the heart
slightly bitter (taste); bittersweet (memory, experience, etc.)
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
mental; spiritual; emotional
prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
eagle (Accipitridae family)
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
immediately; at once; instantly
to knock (a person) off his feet; to hit (something) hard; to send (someone) flying
hardening; fortifying; pledge; vow; defense; defence
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
chaos; confusion; disorder; chaotic; confused; uncertain
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
to bake; to plate; to print; to burn into one's memory; to sear into one's consciousness
at that time; in those days
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
newsprint; newspaper used for wrapping, packing, etc.; newspaper
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around