total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
to run through; to run past
cherry blossom (colour, color)
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass
standing in a row; forming a line; alignment
ordinary clothes; everyday attire; plain clothes; civilian clothes
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
to slash back; to strike back; to counterattack; to cut the wheel; to perform a twisting backward knee trip
to relax; to take it easy
ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather
big leakage; uncontained leak
one's future; one's fate; one's way; one's path
to make sense; to be consistent; to be logical; to stand to reason; to be coherent
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
patriarch; head of a family
brother-in-law; stepbrother; sworn brother
ochazuke; cooked rice with green tea poured on it
riddled with holes; full of holes; full of flaws; full of loopholes; faulty
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
this and that; one thing or another
(being beholden to someone for a favor of) a night's lodging and a meal
in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones
whistling sound; wheezing sound; sound of the wind; wuthering; howling; soughing
being struck mad by love; foolish passion; blind love; infatuation; jealousy
tangle; entanglement; snarl; complication; difficulties; trouble