profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
to look (stare) back at (someone); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to put a person to shame; to look back (behind oneself)
cruel; merciless; pitiless; tragic; horrible; terrible
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
emigration and immigration
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
charcoal; charred remains
to drive into; to ride into; to extend (a railway line, bus route, etc.) into; to link (a railway line) with; to join up with (a separate line)
charcoal making; charcoal maker; charcoal-roasted; charcoal-grilled
dwelling; house; residence; living; life
cheating at pachinko (for monetary gain; through illegal tampering with the machines, etc.); scamming a pachinko parlor
in a subdued voice; in undertones; in a whisper; dry and tasteless; stale
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to enter one's ears (e.g. of water)
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
disorderly; messy; absurd; unreasonable; very; extremely
trough; gutter; water pipe; coulisse (of a sword blade)
straight; directly; voyage; journey; straight road
to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders); to purse (one's lips)
rhythmically (beating, e.g. gong); clip-clopping (e.g. horse); crumbly; ambling; strolling; dozing
kuma bamboo grass (Sasa veitchii); Veitch's bamboo
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself (as); to change (into); to transform; to change radically (for the better)