railway switchback; twisting backward knee trip
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
triple feature (e.g. movie)
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
this and that; one thing or another
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
district of a town; city block (of irregular size)
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
hospitalization; hospitalisation
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
Yamaguchi (city, prefecture)
valley floor; bottom of a gorge; bottom of a ravine
fall; tumble; spill; degradation; comedown; demotion
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
I regret to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
going around in circles; circling a temple; roll-call vote
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
My goodness (expresses surprise, wonder, etc.); very; extremely
to go down in history; to be recorded in the history books
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation