reading in a monotone; stiff delivery; wooden delivery; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
tone (of voice); manner of talking
district; area; zone; quarter; section; region
oversized (clothing); baggy; rolling in (of money); (profiting) greatly; sloshing (e.g. of water); gushing
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
to breathe in; to inhale; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved
to smoke (a cigarette, pipe, etc.); to puff on; to rev (an engine); to race; to put on (an air of); to act in a ... way
finally; at last; in the end; ultimately
dying; kicking the bucket; being ruined; being finished; ending in failure
nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner
deep emotion; strong feelings
outer canthus; outer corner of the eye
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
to give an order; to place an order; to have made to order
cheap and low-quality play; performance not worth paying to see; transparent act; see-through scheming
raincoat; mackintosh; macintosh; trench coat
to square one's shoulders (in order to intimidate)
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
evil spirit; (vengeful) ghost; specter; spectre
bardo; state (or period) of intermediate existence between one's death and rebirth (in Japan, 49 days)
warp; curvature; bend; curve (of a sword)
noisily (esp. the noise of heavy feet)
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
face; honour; honor; appearance; look
collapse; ruin; destruction; break (on a printed line, letter, etc.)
to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound
common; ordinary; conventional; customary
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
down to earth; reasonable; able to deal with
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous; to be absurd
pole; trolley pole; pole (unit of length or area); rod; (opinion) poll
Buddhist temple; religious building; church; cathedral
ossuary; crypt; charnel house
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment