to regain one's breath; to catch one's breath
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
dispute; argument; contention
early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning
visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship
to dash (e.g. liquid on someone's face); to slosh; to splash; to souse; to pour
to bolt down (food); to gulp down; to shovel (into one's mouth)
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
slapping on (stamp, sticker); flopping down
a few hours; several hours; about two to six hours
to drain dry; to dry out; to scorch
playboy; libertine; (professional) gambler; person without a steady job; idler
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
scabbard; sheath; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
honest; respectable; respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.); person in a respectable occupation
koban; small oval gold coin used in the Edo period; oval; elliptical; small size (of paper)
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
to get between; to be caught in
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
to make one's rounds; to patrol
one's way back; one's way home
to employ; to hire; to charter
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together