all thanks to ...; ... is a lifesaver; (one) couldn't do without ...; our gracious ...; hats off to ...
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
occurrence; happening; incident; event
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
great disturbance; great tumult; turmoil; wild uproar; pandemonium
preface; foreword; introduction; beginning; start
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
inexcusable; unpardonable; can't be allowed to pass (without comment)
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse
it's not like; it isn't as if
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180 ml; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 square meters; one-tenth of the distance from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.); to wilt; to droop; to shrivel; to fade (away); to sag
to be unable to just watch (without doing anything); to be unable to look on in silence; to be unable to overlook; to be unable to remain indifferent to
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
earth and heaven; human and heavenly beings
long time; long interval; for quite some time
maturing; ripening; aging; ageing; curing; fermenting
aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
prohibition; inhibition; ban
(suffering a) complete defeat; utter defeat; annihilation
big leakage; uncontained leak
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray
to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire
crash; smash; crunch; bang
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation (to one's fate); acceptance; observation and contemplation