riddled with holes; full of holes; full of flaws; full of loopholes; faulty
intercontinental ballistic missile; ICBM
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
celebratory banquet; feast
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
all (there is); as long as there is
to be destroyed; to perish; to go out (e.g. fire); to destroy; to get rid of; to extinguish
literal translation; direct translation
Hercules; Herakles; Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules)
order; ordering; beginning; start; foreword; preface
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
portion; part; snapshot; glimpse
one end; an end; part; fragment
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
noisily (e.g. from many people talking); creating a commotion; rustling (leaves); feeling a chill; getting the chills
Mt Tsukuba (in Ibaraki Pref.)
mandarin (esp. the satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu)); mandarin orange; tangerine; citrus (Citrus spp.)
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
oral; verbal; spoken; parol
being extremely busy; being swamped with work
loudly (flinging open a door); with a clatter; with a crash (e.g. of a falling structure); completely (change); utterly; louvre window (door, vent, etc.)
repayment; settlement (of a debt); paying off; reimbursement (of expenses)
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
house-sitting; house-sitter; caretaker or keeper (official post in the Edo period)
thank you very much; I'm sorry; excuse me
gust (of wind); blast; influence; impact; instigation; agitation