battlefield; battleground
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation; beheading; decapitation
(having) life-and-death power (over)
living together; communal life; cohabitation
sorry; too bad (for you)!; tough luck!
prior engagement; previous appointment; prior agreement; previous promise; previous contract
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
thinking back now; looking back
regrettable; unfortunate; disappointing; vexing
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to go to meet (someone); to go to pick up
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final
to yield oneself (to something); to devote oneself (to something); to surrender oneself (to something)
to drift (to); to be washed ashore
to carry into (esp. an injured person into a hospital); to take into; to bring into
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
to head towards; to be inclined to go towards; to head for a place naturally
kamishibai; storytelling with pictures; form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
(hand) gesture; movement of the hand
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
(pedestrian) crosswalk signal
to start to move; to get going; to come alive
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; eccentricity; person with unusual tastes; eccentric; oddball
isolated island; outlying island; leaving an island
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
for dear life; barely escaping alive
hospitalization; hospitalisation
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
a long, long time ago; very long ago
to have a certain mood or feeling; to have a hunch
to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head
slightly (of an action); (looking) small and quiet