(being moved) deeply; (feeling) profoundly; (going) straight to one's heart; going numb; stinging (pain)
masterpiece; masterwork; chef d'oeuvre; (unintentionally) hilarious; absurd (e.g. blunder); outrageous
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
to give up (an idea or plan); to abandon; to refrain from (doing); to change one's mind
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)
gushing out (e.g. sweat or blood); flowing profusely; thump-thump; bang-bang; sound of hoofbeats
postwar period; period after Second World War
censorship; inspection; examination
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
attending (upon); keeping another company; being a confidant; fairy tale
written work (esp. a bound text, as opposed to a scroll); a text written entirely in kana; graphic novel (esp. one created between the 12th and 19th centuries); notebook (for practicing kana, drawing pictures, etc.); rough draft
Kachi-Kachi Mountain (folktale); The Farmer and the Badger
way of writing; manner of writing; penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; format (e.g. of a report); stroke order of a character
to see the light; to be awakened to the truth; to have the scales fall from one's eyes
bashful person; very shy person
tenderhearted; faint of heart
account; history; notice; note; Kojiki (earliest historical record of Japan, compiled in 712 CE); Records of Ancient Matters
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
take the world by storm; to hold sway over the minds of the people
setting sun; decline (e.g. of industry)
heroine; female protagonist; heroine; heroic woman; brave woman
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to be promoted
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
in every nook and corner; from A to Z; from head to toe; from cover to cover
1000 sheets (of paper); many pages; book tripe; bible tripe; leaf tripe
fall; drop; descent; coming down
on the occasion of; at the time of
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
within eyeshot; within sight; in view