one day; (on) a certain day
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
infection; contagion; becoming infected
to die out; to become extinct
deadly disease; sickness unto death
old couple; elderly couple
quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
maintenance; preservation; improvement
hereabouts; around there; that area
sulking in bed; going to bed in a huff
miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut
soft; fragile; weak; poorly built; insubstantial
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
how; in what way; how about; questionable
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
paints; painting material
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile
collapse; break; cave-in; crash; (market) decline
token (effort); something done for form's sake
to be born (with); to be born (to be); to be destined
absurdity; contradiction; incoherence; irrelevance
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
detour; circumvention; turning movement
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)