bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry
in every nook and corner; from A to Z; from head to toe; from cover to cover
to freeze (from fear); to be unable to (too frightened to) run
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
originally; by nature; from the start
to be thrilled; to be excited
a little; a bit; slightly
sentiment; sentimentality
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; interference; officiousness
ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive
private; informal; among one's people (group, friends)
stone (used for throwing)
to avenge (somebody) by striking down their killer
throwing stone; sling stone; slingshot; pellet; pebble; small rock
this and that; this or that; one thing after another
to master (a skill); proprietor; manager; leader; chief; master (of arts, science, etc.); master (recording)
disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation
to feel attracted by; to be fascinated by
dispersing; breaking up; running away
explosion; rupture; break off
(exaggerated) professing to be; passing oneself off as
(metal) bar; (wooden) rolling pin
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
to risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line; to step forward (to do); to give one's all
nonglutinous grain (not sticky enough to make mochi rice cakes)
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
Ys (mythical city in Brittany); Ys (series of games based loosely on the same legend); Eythe
scattering (in all directions)
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
in history; ever; historical
solitude; loneliness; isolation
(horse-drawn) cart; wagon; dray