crawling forward (on one's stomach)
first experience (of something); first sexual experience
less than ...; smaller ...
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
castle wall; town walls; defensive wall; rampart
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
main building (as opposed to an annex, outbuilding, etc.); this library; this museum; this theatre
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
to pluck; to pick; to tear
great disaster; catastrophe; train wreck
to hang over; to cover; to lie over; to fall on one's shoulders; to become one's responsibility; to become a burden
within a marriage; between husband and wife; conjugal
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
double room; room shared by two people; shared room
to be confused; to be baffled; to be dumbfounded; to be bewildered; (lit.) to be bewitched by a fox
fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends
leaving a letter behind; letter left behind by someone who has departed; farewell letter
to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
oppekepe; type of mid-Meiji rap-like enka popularized by Otojirō Kawakami
trivial; not amounting to much
complete failure; debacle; fiasco; disaster
crying oneself to sleep; giving up in frustration; accepting meekly; being compelled to accept a situation
reinforcements; reserve troops; rear guard; attacking from the rear; pincer movement from the back
(security) guard; caretaker; janitor; doorkeeper; gatekeeper
offstage; backstage; behind the scenes
killing one by one (terrorist slogan and strategy)
gently; mildly; leniently; don't be too hard on me (us, them); go easy on me
how much; how many; however
need for caution; need for care; requiring special attention
mushroom cut; bowl cut; moptop
single-lens reflex camera; SLR
splish-splash; with a splash; click-click (of a camera shutter); with a click; with a snap
(taking a) spectacular photograph; photo taken at just the right moment
to release a shutter (camera); to click a shutter
departure; setting off; being used up; being consumed; passage of time; lapse; rehearsal