natural disaster; calamity
time passes; the days and months go by; the months roll on
defensive measure; defense plan
to persevere; to keep at something (regardless of one's fatigue)
delicious; tasty; good; nice
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
openly (unashamedly) in broad daylight
arrest; apprehension; capture
sharp (words); harsh (manner, tone, etc.); hostile (mood, attitude, etc.); spiky; prickly; jagged
purse snatching; handbag snatching; purse snatcher; handbag snatcher
university student; college student
one by one; one each; one at a time
subserviency to the stronger
season (period in which regulated games are played); season (division of the year); season (of a TV show, etc.); season (for doing something, e.g. ski season, entrance examination season)
cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
actual profit; practical use; benefit
falling (down); tumbling (down); failure; failing; renouncing Christianity and converting to Buddhism (during the Edo period); apostasy
to finish watching (e.g. a movie)
what's on hand; whatever is available
uneventfully; without incident; without a hitch; peacefully
downpour; pouring rain; heavy rain; pelting rain; cloudburst
human experiment; human experimentation; experiment on a living person
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy
(small) stone; rock; pebble
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
with a snap; with a crack
remarkably; markedly; rapidly; sound of breaking or creaking
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
to bud; to sprout; to germinate; to have luck on one's side; to get lucky
germination; sprouting; budding