repayment; reimbursement; refund; redemption
useless resistance; vain struggle
to continue to rain or snow
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
covered in mud; mud-caked
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
undergoing treatment (medical); receiving treatment
to have one's heart stop beating; to be shocked; to be staggered
highly unpredictable; touch and go
hard struggle; strenuous effort
effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
to escape death; to be saved from death
to pass the peak (of something); to get through the most difficult part; to be over the worst (e.g. an illness); to cross a pass
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
to have an accident; to meet with an accident
first letter of a word; capital letter (at the start of a word or sentence); initials (of one's name)
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
hard to believe; fabulous; unbelievable; incredible
to maintain; to continue to have
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
marriage proposal; courtship
to live; to make a living; to get on with
stars; the stars and planets; celestial bodies
glitter; glimmer; sparkle; twinkle
to be dizzy; to be disoriented; to be dazzled; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.)
mixture; jumble; cord made by entwining threads of various colours
to constrict one's chest; to wring one's heart; to wrench one's heart
to disappear; to vanish into thin air