fine day; clear day; formal occasion
sunshade; blind; awning; parasol
ray (of light); beam; light
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
to rest; to suspend; to give relief
blackout curtain; light-blocking curtain
to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list)
it is hard to keep one's worldly desires and passions in check
Sado (former province located on Sado Island in present-day Niigata Prefecture); Sado (island, Niigata Prefecture)
line of defence (defense); lines (as in enemy lines, etc.)
fortitude; firmness of character; sturdiness; inner strength; hardihood
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess
to be smeared; to be covered
adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
bursting; rupture; explosion; breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off
bursting and scattering; popping and being dispersed
combustibility; inflammability; combustible; inflammable
last place; lowest position; lowest rank; least significant (bit); lowest order
(afternoon) nap; sleeping during the day; siesta
just this side of; one step short of; on the brink
thoughtless; reckless; ordinary; usual; excessive; indiscriminate
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
to swell up; to bulge; to swell (of a budget, population, etc.); to increase significantly; to balloon
taking on a life of its own (of a rumour, etc.); walking by oneself; taking a walk by oneself; walking unaided; being able to walk without help; standing on one's own feet
to frame; to falsely accuse of a crime
this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now
abandoned building; derelict building
rubble; debris; wreckage; trash; rubbish