artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
slight intoxication; being tipsy
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
triumphant; exultant; in high and proud spirits
to start for home; to head for home; to make for home
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
back street; back alley; off-street
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities
shadow figure; silhouette
step; stride; counter for steps
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
goodness; excellence; virtue
ordinary citizen; the general public
to get strong; to gain strength
to crouch; to squat; to cower
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
to pitch forward; to fall forward
sprinting; running as fast as one can
show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
nightlife districts; drinking districts
continuation; succession; series
random attacker; slasher; demon who brings misfortune to houses or people he passes by
item; heading; category; headword (in a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.); entry
particularly; only; in the case of
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason
recovery; undoing; recall
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
falling with a splat; oozing; dripping
greater than ...; bigger ...
heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)
section; cross section; profile
illustrated reference book; illustrated catalog
completely; entirely; totally