calamity; disaster; accident
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
to tremble violently; to shudder up; to shake
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
closing of a gate; (Edo-period) house confinement
difficult problem; challenge
although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
everyday; always; at all times; frequently
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
to employ; to hire; to charter
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
carefully; with (great) care; with caution
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
indescribable; having no way to express
emperor (of Japan); mikado; (the gates of an) imperial residence
moral support; emotional support; spiritual support
have a good day; take care; see you
to get (someone's) help; to ask for help
being startled, surprised or afraid; panic; trepidation
to be overawed; to be overpowered; to lose the mental battle
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
to be unable to let pass unnoticed; to be unable to be indifferent; to be unable to just watch (without doing anything)
to shake one's head (in denial)
to grow restive; to begin to act violently
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)