no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
endurance; perseverance; patience
moisture; damp; richness; warmth; financial leeway; gains
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
fault; weakness; flaw; crux (of a matter); difficult point; point of contention
one more time; once more; once again
out of character; unlike one
to come to nothing; to be spoiled; to be spoilt
one's younger days; when one was young
to crack; to develop a crack
unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious
to step on (something) and break it
ignition; detonation; triggering; explosion
revolution; rotation; turn; turning; inversion; handspring (gymnastics)
to be deaf; to not be able to hear
to lie down; to throw oneself down
loyalty; devotion; fidelity; inspector of the Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (ritsuryo system)
borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)
permanent; everlasting; lasting; very long; many years of
(one's) life is not in danger; not life-threatening
to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch
prattle; broken language; halting language; baby talk; imperfect speech; smattering
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do
cheating; fraud; trickery; fake; bogus; quack
to rustle; to sway; to stir; to flutter
Naraka; Hell; very bottom; the end; trap room (of a theatre); below-stage basement
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
bad boy; naughty child; brat
different thing; another question; different case
immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
accident (caused by negligence); error; blunder; fault; defect
extension of a straight line; (conclusion) following as an extension of (an argument)
queue jumping; breaking into a line; muscling in on; interrupt
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid