amusement; diversion (to pass time); pastime; recreation
being absorbed in reading
immersion; being absorbed in
patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman
female private parts; female genitals
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
after a long time; for the first time in a while
iron grill; iron grille; iron lattice; prison
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
transmigration; reincarnation; metempsychosis
standing; reserve; always having ready
nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)
bent back; hunchback; stoop
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
major war; great war; world war
mob; the masses; rabble; riffraff
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
oppressive rule; tyrannical regime; despotism
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
nth year in the Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
intimacy; closeness; close relative; pro- (e.g. pro-American)
death by hanging; execution by hanging
relaxation (e.g. of muscles); becoming flaccid
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
glistening dew; "white dew" solar term (approx. September 8)
the last moment; the very end
unfortunately; unluckily; regrettably
turmoil; chaos; confusion