seeing in the dark; night vision
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
to be relieved; to feel relieved
correct answer; right solution; correct interpretation; right decision; right choice; appropriate judgement
a few hours; several hours; a couple of hours
to be prolonged; to drag on; to take a long time; to persist; to linger
emergency; extreme; great; extraordinary
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
dozens; scores of; decades
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support
to melt (and become soft or liquid); to be enchanted (by); to be charmed; to be bewitched
how; in what way; by what means
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
shivering (with cold); trembling (with fear); shuddering
family; relatives; dependents; household
expulsion; ousting; ejection; dismissal; banishment
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)
end; close; conclusion; termination
remainder; remnant; the rest; what is left; balance; leftovers
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
training; drill; practice; discipline
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
reprisals; retaliatory measures
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
to become old enough to understand what's going on around oneself (of a child, etc.)
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
being left out; being ostracized
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
garden plant; garden tree; potted plant
looking; viewing; (please) try (to)
to look slightly doubtful; to look puzzled; (lit.) to bend one's head slightly to one side
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to get wrong; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse
surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)