incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
continuation; continuance; going on; resuming
right to choose; a say; option
OK; okay; fine (without); not needed; unnecessary
reopening; resumption; restarting
pushing forward (undaunted); pushing on (toward a goal); striving (for)
to get entangled (with each other); to get muddled together
good-for-nothing; scapegrace; nuisance; trouble
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general
going round in circles; game of cat and mouse; pointless and repetitive back-and-forth; itachi-gokko; Edo-period children's game in which two players alternately pinch the back of the other's hands and stack them on top of each other while saying "itachi-gokko, nezumi-gokko"
Möbius strip; Moebius strip
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
cannibalism (in animals); feeding on each other; cannibalization; mutually harmful competition; internecine struggle
the veranda of Kiyomizu Temple (located on a steep hillside overlooking Kyoto)
at once; right away; promptly; quickly; right now; this instant
aftercare; care for patients after discharge from hospital; after-sales service
to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to be prudent; to be complete; to be thorough
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
spell; charm; incantation; magic words
never mind!; don't worry about it
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to be prolonged; to drag on; to take a long time; to persist; to linger
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
willpower; energy; vitality
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
return to one's country; return to one's hometown
drifting cloud; floating cloud; instability
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
utmost limits; extremity; limit
evaporation; dispersion; dissipation
to become dim; to become blurred
ripple; ring on the water; repercussions; Japanese slit drum; instrument made of iron with slits on top; makes a rippling sound