inscrutable; incomprehensible
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
to (relax and) stretch one's legs out; to go for a further walk
had better ...; may as well ...
entertainer (esp. in a traditional art); performer; artiste; talented person; accomplished person
chat; desultory conversation
slightly bitter (taste); bittersweet (memory, experience, etc.)
roar of laughter (from multiple people); burst of laughter; uproarious laughter; laughing hard (by a single person)
failure story; horror story
after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward
tone (of speech, writing, etc.); style
to shave off; to scrape off
Osaka-Kobe; Hanshin (company name: railway, dept. store, baseball team, etc.)
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
helper; supporter; second; foreign player (hired to strengthen a team)
to be badly made; to fail
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles
revenge; making a new attempt where one previously failed; determination of a loser to win the next time
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
rest in peace; requiescat in pace; RIP
sense of touch; tactile; tactual; hair style with long bangs
antlion (larva); doodlebug; antlion pit
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
work of art; artwork; objet d'art