heat shimmer; heat haze; shimmering of hot air
to cure an illness; to cure a disease
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
to be sore; to be inflamed; to be bleary; to be dissipated; to be dissolute; to indulge in
to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)
day after day; day by day
grudge; complaint; reproach
to enter; to go into; to meddle (in); to interfere (in); to go deeply (into an issue); to delve deeper (into)
to become frightened; to get scared; to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to get cold feet
bond (between people); (emotional) ties; bonds; tether; fetters
hill; height; knoll; rising ground
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
to take off one's glasses
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
to care for someone; to look after someone
to be able; to be competent
writing on someone's behalf
the Avici hell (the eighth and most painful of the eight hells); hell of uninterrupted suffering
dismissal (from one's post); firing; being relieved from one's post; discarding; throwing away; becoming useless
first and last (time, chance, etc.); (the) only
Tokushima (city, prefecture)
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
to overflow from something full
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength
exhausted; worn out; battered (esp. of clothing); worn out; (boiling) to a pulp; to a mash
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
bitter (taste); sour (expression, look); bitter; bitter (e.g. experience); painful
inner psychological world; mental world; spiritual world
the eyes are the windows to the soul; the eye is the lamp of the body