cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
to be found; to be discovered
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
demon; devil; -crazed person; -obsessed person; dreaded; terrible
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal (e.g. to the public); to urge; to exhort
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
mechanism; mechanical parts; jack-in-the-box
rotation; revolution; working (e.g. of one's mind); function; turnover (of goods, funds, etc.); circulation
as usual; as is one's habit
to hesitate to; to waver; to be hesitant about
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
useless; no good; hopeless; cannot; must not; not allowed
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to strike; to hit; to attack; to bash; to sound out (someone's views); to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much
opening; gap; dried and opened fish; extension
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
to shut one's eyes; to close one's eyes; to turn a blind eye (to); to close one's eyes (to); to die
to go crazy; to lose one's mind
to scurry home; to run home; to fly back
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
that is to say; so that means
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
obscurity; mystery; abstruseness
soul; spirit; willpower; vitality; something as important as one's own life; something invaluable
(this is only) the beginning; just the start; jonokuchi; lowest division in sumo
faint; fainting; losing consciousness
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
in front of your nose; right next to you; tip of one's nose