when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
damn it; damn; beast; animal; person reborn into the animal realm; brute
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
interruption; discontinuance; suspension; cancellation (of a planned event); calling off
to smash; to break (into pieces); to shatter; to simplify; to make easy to understand
country bumpkin; yokel; hick
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
fence; hedge; railing; barrier; wall
moving tale; impressive tale
concealment; hiding; covering up; suppression
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
rise; improvement; uptrend
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
returning to the competition (after a loss); comeback (from defeat); being reinstated; repechage; second-chance match
revival (of an old system, custom, fashion, etc.); restoration; return; resurrection; rebirth
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
tengu; red-faced and long-nosed goblin said to reside deep in the mountains; bragging; conceit; braggart
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
closing (for the day; of a library, museum, cinema, etc.); closing down (of a library, museum, cinema, etc.)
fall; tumble; spill; fall (in position, standing, etc.); downfall; descent
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife
murder-suicide; forced double or multiple suicide
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed; undersea; submarine
(passenger) car; automobile
Saitama Prefecture (Kanto area)
company employee; office worker; white-collar worker
man; male; masculine gender
clearly; brightly; cleanly; purely
wife; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings; accompaniment; side (remark)
bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)
life; living; I; me; student
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
escape; getting away (from); getting out (of); prolapse; proptosis
(state of) unconsciousness
serious condition; critical condition
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)