carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
pass (e.g. backstage pass); permit (to pass or travel); laissez passer; passport
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
during; for the duration of
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
valley floor; bottom of a gorge; bottom of a ravine
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
to drag around; to pull about; to lead around (by the nose)
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
mountain recess; deep in the mountains
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
to give an impression; to make an impression
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
difficult to ...; hard to ...
ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
creation; generation; formation; derivation
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
external (hard drive, disk drive, etc.)
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
price; cost; value; worth; value
very likely; very probable
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
powerless; helpless; incompetent
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...