intricate workmanship; delicate handiwork; cheap trick; petty trick; obvious stratagem
ancestor; forefather; foremother
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
after having come this far; now that we've come this far
by all means; by all costs
to outrun; to run through to the end
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
swallowing; understanding; apprehension
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
surprise; something unexpected
(so marvelous or horrible that it may be) the first and probably the last
unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable
flesh-and-blood; human; warm; compassionate; (lit.) blood-circulating
not yet known; unknown; strange
to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling
to come to an end; to close the curtain
to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)
to go down in history; to be recorded in the history books
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
doubting; questioning; being skeptical (of)
support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping
manipulation of information; spin
(political) power; authority; influence
such; like that; that sort of; very
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration