dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
river; stream; River; the ... river
Sanzu River (Buddhist equivalent of the River Styx)
to lay down; to wear (a sword, etc.) at one's side
to get up (e.g. from bed); to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
safety; welfare; well-being
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of
stern expression; severe expression; grim expression
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
how long; how much; to what extent
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
aorta; (fig.) important traffic route
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
to mistake someone for someone else; to misread; to misjudge
to have one's hands slip (and drop something)
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to fling off; to throw off; to cast aside; to abandon; to throw to the winds
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to keep a promise; to keep one's word
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
contract; compact; agreement
to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
innocence; being not guilty
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
prison; detention house; detention center; jail
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
plural; multiple; several
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)