dim light; faint light; half-light of early morning; twilight
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
big fire (buildings, etc. on fire)
Great Kanto earthquake of 1923
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
one's own house; own; personal; autologous
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said; repeating oneself
to wait for a favorable chance; to wait for a favourable chance
to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge
infringement; violation; invasion; encroachment; trespass
moaning; muttering; complaining
with these words; while saying
locker room; changing room; dressing room
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
with intense concentration; eagerly; intently; devouringly
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
sizzle (sound of meat cooking); shrill droning of a cicada
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
to go mad; to go crazy; to go insane
taste for the simple and quiet; rustic simplicity; austere refinement; enjoyment of a quiet life
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
Shinto priest; chief Shinto priest (of a shrine); Welsh onion; pun in Buddhist monk jargon
rehearsal; rehabilitation
tending a store; salesperson; sales clerk; shop assistant
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
night stall; night shop; night fair