(mumbling) incomprehensibly; while mumbling; mutteringly; murmuringly
without (doing); instead of; if (it) isn't done; if (one) doesn't do ...; if not ...; unless ...
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
to lose one's temper; to lose patience; to have enough; to be exasperated; to become irritated; to get fed up
variable; changeable; convertible; controllable
large and rough; big and tough; unrefined; rustic; extreme; excessive
part of the garden close to the house; nearby garden
used item; secondhand item; old; used; previous
to be pleased; to be in a good mood
(one's) identity; background; upbringing; (one's) character
spy; agent provocateur; covert operative; maker; builder; constructor
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
rock (music); rock; boulder; on the rocks
Latin alphabet; Roman alphabet; romaji; romanized Japanese; system of transliterating Japanese into the Latin alphabet
any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever
with a momentary flash of light
disintegration; self-destruction
keeping an alternative up one's sleeve; two-stage preparation
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
oppekepe; type of mid-Meiji rap-like enka popularized by Otojirō Kawakami
having a crisp appearance; stiffly; tensely; smartly (e.g. dressed); neatly
expression; look; countenance; face
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
business trip; official trip
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
animalization; animalisation
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
at regular intervals; evenly spaced
protuberance; protruding object; umbo