lightning strike; lightning bolt
(a matter of) chance; fortune (of a given time); force of the times
cyberstalking; online stalking
to run at full speed; to run and run; to try one's hardest
plain wood; unfinished woodwork
to find oneself fearful; to have an awful time
plaintive; piteous; doleful
well-bred; of good upbringing
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested
in the end; finally; after all; ultimately
blindness; blind person; illiteracy; illiterate person; ignorance; ignorant person
event held the night before another event; eve (of a festival) (e.g. Christmas Eve)
to visit; to call on; (arch.) to make a noise
descending a mountain; descent
woollen material; woollen goods or fabric
Shinto shrine precincts; holy precincts; sanctuary
internal troubles; domestic discord
odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting
arts; crafts; handicrafts
foreign matter; impurities
sensitive; susceptible; emotional; impressionable; sentimental
all but dead; half killed
unexpectedly; surprisingly
noncommittal; equivocal; indecisive; evasive; ambiguous; vague
to become spring-like; to show signs of spring
encumbrance; burden; drag
requisition; commandeering; conscription
indomitably; undauntedly; resolutely; determinedly
1000 ri; (a) long distance
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice