diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
flash (of light); glint; schiller
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
laboratory testing bench; laboratory table; subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig
legitimate self-defence; legitimate self-defense
absurd; nonsensical; preposterous
stupid face; foolish look on one's face
spontaneous discharge; accidental gun discharge
to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
groundless fear; thinking too much; making too much of
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
near; close; beside; third person
Tokaido (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling
rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)
spoiled fun; loss of interest; damper (e.g. on the party); wet blanket; turn-off
fishing; gathering seafood (e.g. clams, seaweed); catch (e.g. of fish); haul
spoiler; revealing important plot points of a story; spoiling a story
another thing; exception; special case
setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
because; for; the reason why is ...
mystery; curiosity; strangeness; ghost; monster; apparition
one day; (on) a certain day
for the present; for the time being
water's edge; beach; foreshore
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
shadow picture; silhouette; shadowgraph