total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
breakdown; failure; damage; hurt; objection; protest
battery; battery; pitcher and catcher
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
charging (electrically); electrification
to make a habit of; to make it a practice to
there's nothing that doesn't exist; there's nothing we (I, he, she, etc.) don't have; nonexistent; not in one's possession
oh well, fine; fine, I guess; alright, I suppose; OK, then
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
bell signalling that work, class, etc. will formally begin shortly; first bell; warning bell
change of color; change of colour; fading; discoloration; discolouration
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
rich person; wealthy person; taking good care of things; keeping things for a long time and taking care of them
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; toil; labor; labour
effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
good-for-nothing; worthless
to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
rough sketch; floor plan; blueprint
personification; anthropomorphization
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
cartoon characters; anime characters
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
(act of) encouragement; stimulus; incentive
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken
fruit of one's labor; result of one's efforts
unexpected; contrary to expectations; by chance; casual
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life