sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
usurpation; taking back; dispossession
fall; drop; descent; coming down
by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
to get slightly dirty (all over)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
to thrust down; to push off
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
father; dad; husband; you; he
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
but; however; provided that
in proportion to; just as much as
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
mercilessly; relentlessly; unsparingly
to contact; to get in touch with; to check in (with)
freebie (e.g. with a purchase); something additional; price reduction; discount; exaggeration
stoppage time; injury time; added time; lost time; wasted time
author; writer; novelist; artist
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but