opening; beginning; commencement
to weep the night out; to weep all night
119; ambulance and fire brigade emergency telephone number
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
plane crash; fall (accident)
constitution of Japan; Japanese constitution
to go mad; to go crazy; to lose one's mind
to change one's way of thinking; to switch the direction of one's thoughts; to put one's focus on a new subject; to adopt a new frame of mind
in contrast to ...; unlike ...; while ...; whereas ...
to walk through (to the end); to walk the whole way
half-wit; fool; simpleton
110 (police emergency telephone number in Japan)
to put a burden on; to tax (e.g. strength)
blizzard; furious snowstorm
(doing something) in tears
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt
washing with cold water (without using soap, etc.)
desperation; struggle to the death
depository; storage area; storage location; storage site
to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself