pitch dark; total darkness
rocky area; rocky tract; rocky stretch (of a climb); wall (of rock)
junction; crossroads; division point; parting of ways
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
direct unforked road; straight path
solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately
mole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii)
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
bold; shameless; cheeky; brash; impudent
to wear a mask; to hide one's true intentions
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
blunder; bungle; clumsiness
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
uncool; unsophisticated; unfashionable; out of fashion; tacky
bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
fish of the genus Rhinogobius; dusky tripletooth goby (Tridentiger obscurus); common freshwater goby (Gymnogobius urotaenia); Japanese fluvial sculpin (fish, Cottus pollux)
Ōu (the two former provinces of Mutsu and Dewa); Tōhoku
series of battles; successive battles
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to stay in one's heart; to be enduringly memorable; to be unforgettable
as usual; as is one's habit
to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
calamity; misfortune; disaster
to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune
to clatter; to flap (noisily); to rattle; to walk around being unable to settle down
to stoop; to bend (e.g. one's knees)