stealthily; secretly; in secret
endless; boundless; everlasting
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
cumulative total; accumulated total; total up to now
daily; everyday; days (e.g. of one's youth); every day; day after day
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
tedious; boring; dull; to feel bored; to get bored (with); to get tired (of)
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
connection; link; relationship
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer
solitude; loneliness; isolation
they; those guys; those fellows
about this time; about now
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to be soluble (in); to be used up (of money or time); to be wasted
to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of
unable to understand (reason, motive, etc.)
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
(inflectional) ending of a word; end of a sentence
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
that is to say; so that means
to square one's shoulders (in order to intimidate)
long ago; a long time ago; already
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
fetish; passion; enthusiasm
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
air conditioner; air conditioning; aircon
to vomit; to spit out; to breathe out (e.g. air); to exhale; to spend (e.g. saved money); to cough up
cold; chill; cold weather; cold wave; cold air
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
barely; just; narrowly; with difficulty
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for