arbitration; intercession; mediation
suffering; distress; hardship; trial
dry riverbed; river beach
nothing but; except; no more than
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
Yatagarasu; raven who aided Emperor Jimmu on his eastern expedition; three-legged crow inhabiting the sun
to cover fully; to wrap around
solid body; three-dimensional object; multi-storey car park
by itself; automatically; naturally
to become the focus of (attention, sympathy, hope, etc.)
empty threat; bluff; paper tiger
contrary to one's expectations; to one's surprise
false charge; false accusation; misrepresentation
main library; central library
closing time (library, museum, etc.)
dead center; (right in the) middle; midst; midst (e.g. of a storm); heyday; (the) height (e.g. of a debate)
to crawl out of; to creep out of
inside a library, museum, cinema, etc.; on the premises
public facilities; utilities
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
having no thought for; having no consideration for; disregarding; overlooking; (arch.) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); (arch.) acquittal
on the bone (meat, etc.); unboned; skeletal system; skeleton
match between fighters of different sports; battle involving two different disciplines
triumphant; exultant; in high and proud spirits
lack of sleep; insufficient sleep
drizzling (rain); blearily; weakly (blinking); dejectedly; gloomily
bent back; hunchback; stoop
dishonor during one's life; shame experienced during one's life
beheading (as the ending to a seppuku); (arch.) assistance; (arch.) help
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
behavioral principle; principle (value) governing one's conduct
concentration; density; cardinality
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
expressing one's feelings; communicating one's intention; declaration of intent