last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
to open (one's eyes) wide
index finger; forefinger; first (occ. second) finger; second toe
flickering; flashing on and off; glaringly (bright); painfully (bright); prickling (pain)
flash (of light); glint; schiller
to collapse; to flop (onto)
touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
to be in charge of; to manage; to direct; to rule; to govern; to control
absent-mindedly; absently; idly; in a subdued voice; in undertones; in a whisper
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
surface of the earth; ground surface
water vapour; water vapor; steam
to cool; to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
fast forward (e.g. VCR, tape deck, etc.)
to spend time (on doing something)
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
to touch (a person's) heart; to impress (a person)
foreign matter; impurities
to cut one's way through; to fight one's way through (the enemy); to get over; to come through; to overcome (a difficulty)
dark clouds gather; threatening signs emerge; trouble is afoot
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
cover; covering; covering (a song); cover; coverage; to cover (a loss)
dark clouds; threatening signs; ominous indications
very close (to); within a stone's throw (of); a stone's throw away (from)