to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
to throw open; to leave open
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
to fade; to lose colour (color); to discolour (discolor)
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
in spite of; regardless of
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort
release; liberation; acquittal
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
patriotic feelings; patriotism
police box; koban; alternation; alternating (current, stress, etc.)
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
victim; injured party; sufferer
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
resolute; firm; dauntless; undaunted
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai
story; topic (on everyone's lips); (the stuff of) legend
neighbourhood; neighborhood
witnessing; observing; sighting
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story
crying loudly; bawling; wailing; crying one's eyes out (without making noise); breaking into a flood of tears; crying buckets
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
because of; owing to; due to
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
testimony; (verbal) evidence
either way; in any case; one way or another
self-respect; prudence; not acting rashly; taking care of oneself; being careful with one's health
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart