black spot; dark spot; sunspot
searching for the culprit; trying to find out who did something
Giants (Japanese baseball team)
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
long (esp. of photographic film); lengthy
bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship
absurd; ridiculous; nonsense; excessive; extreme
full stomach; bellyful; (eat) heartily; to one's heart's content
mother's side of family; maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
to bash; to hit hard; to strike; to beat (someone in battle)
can be; can exist; can stay; cannot help but ...
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
immersion; being absorbed in
young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser; poor at letting things go; unable to accept the inevitable
skill learned in one's former days; using one's experience from the past
ascension (into heaven); the Ascension; death
supercompensation; overcompensation
toddling; with small, quick steps; restlessly; in continuous motion; quickly and easily; often
many a little makes a mickle; every little helps; (lit.) even dust becomes a mountain if piled together
carriage; poise; bearing; demeanor; movement (of the body)
euphoric; happy; buoyant; bouncy
throwaway match (i.e. one played after a tournament has already been decided); dead rubber
foolhardiness; recklessness; savage valour; savage valor; brute courage
female vampire; vampiress
hardening; vulcanization; hardening (of attitude, stance, etc.); stiffening; upturn (in the market); firming up
to use as an example; to take as an illustration; to draw a parallel
improvisation; improvised; impromptu; extempore
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
trifle; insignificant thing; (only) this much
free; unfettered; according to one's own whims; doing as one likes
writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition; formal writing with little real meaning
to dry up; to parch; to ebb away