to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
to surge; to well up; to gush out
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress
to assume an air of ...; to act ...; to affect ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
single word; a few words; brief comment
love hotel; short-stay hotel used primarily for sexual activities
to cry; to shed tears; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
ornamental (foliage) plant; houseplant
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)
to become possible; to become able to (do)
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward
unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage
no one knows what the future holds; the future is a closed book; (lit.) one sun (unit of measurement) ahead is darkness
as (for); for; in the capacity of
beyond that point; after that
Naraka; Hell; very bottom; the end; trap room (of a theatre); below-stage basement
hell's mountain of needles
to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace; to wish; to hope
next; secondly; subsequently
with a tap; with a knock; smoothly (proceed); without a hitch; even; equal
having nothing to do; having time on one's hands (and not knowing what to do); being at a loose end; being bored
tolerable; passable; adequate; so-so
to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive
needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
taking back what one just said; eating one's words; negating one's previous comment, opinion, etc.
dictionary; lexicon; (arch.) letter of resignation
(appropriate to) time, place, occasion
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword