instruction; teaching; guidance; informing
hastily constructed; hastily built; made in a hurry; jerry-built; makeshift
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
reason; logic; method; system; order
although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again
quite; utterly; really; completely
in a terrible mess; in complete disorder; chaotic
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
condemn the offense, but not the offender
object of adoration, longing
urgent report; urgent message
to damage; to do harm; to disadvantage
time; moment; time of death; last moment; (arch.) midnight in red-light districts during the Edo period
quickly (turning pages, opening a letter, etc.); with a flick; lightly (falling rain, leaves, etc.); sprinkling over (e.g. salt); sparsely (scattered); here and there
can do nothing but ...; have no choice but to ...; there is nothing to do but ...; cannot help ...
disdain; contempt; scorn; abhorrence
to open hostilities; to take up arms (against)
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
self-determination; suicide
number two; second in command
language of the natives; local language; native tongue; dialect; patois
to enclose; to corral; to fence in; to pen in
to scrape off; to plane off
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
inquisitive mind; spirit of inquiry; spirit of enquiry
muzzling (someone); gagging; forcing (someone) to keep quiet (about something); silencing (someone); killing (someone) to prevent them from revealing something
ox-headed demon (in hell)
deep gratitude; overwhelming joy; great happiness
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly
to get goosebumps; to have gooseflesh
lucid dream; dream in which the dreamer is aware that they are dreaming
with a momentary flash of light
to become conscious; to recover one's senses; to snap out of it
great disaster; catastrophe; train wreck
near-death; close to death
mixing; blending (e.g. spices); compounding (e.g. a medicine); making up; dispensing (a prescription); preparation
slashing (with the blade pressed against the object); mowing down (the enemy); cutting down (one after the other); clean sweep; sweeping conquest
to be able to eat; to be able to swallow