pickling in salt; leaving unchanged; leaving unused
horrible; deadly; punishing; murderous
damage; injury; defamation; harm
crossbow (incl. large models operated by a number of people); netted apparatus atop a wall containing large stones, which were dropped onto attackers by cutting the net; slingshot; catapult
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
to throw on the fire; to burn
acquired immune deficiency syndrome; AIDS
therapeutic agent; remedy; medicine; drug; cure
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
dessert stomach; having room for dessert despite being full
in truth; as it is; as you are; in practice
handy method; shortcut; expedient
political structure or mechanism
original intention; initial resolution
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
unique flavor (flavour); (degree of) flavouring; distinctive quality; special charm
Japanese company active abroad; company partly funded by Japanese nationals
side job; sideline; subsidiary business
improper way (of doing); wrong way; unorthodox method; evil course; evil path; heresy
to be unable to do; to find something difficult to do
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
aorta; (fig.) important traffic route
entrance door; front door; gateway (to a region, etc.)
internal organs; viscera; intestines
(one's) workload; amount of work (to be) done by one
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
separate mail; separate shipment
whereabouts; address; place of temporary residence
difference in temperature; difference in degrees of enthusiasm, interest, commitment, etc.
sales; selling; marketing
information gap; digital divide
Rip van Winkle feeling; feeling that everything has changed once one comes back to one's hometown
reading matter; reading material
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing