breaking a commandment (usually religious); offense against the Buddhist commandments (offence)
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
spinning the opposite way; backspin (tennis, baseball); counter
(mumbling) incomprehensibly; while mumbling; mutteringly; murmuringly
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
utterly stark naked; wearing only one's birthday suit
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
playing dead; feigning death; playing possum
lining; backing; backing up (e.g. a theory); support; bolstering
adherent; devotee; believer
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
mysterious presence; mysterious atmosphere; aura of mystery
to work out a plan of deception; to scheme; (arch.) to think up a plan; (arch.) to think over a plan; (arch.) to discuss; (arch.) to consult
good feeling; feeling good
unworthy; unbecoming; improper
level ground; plain; flatland
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
extreme north; North Pole
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
local authority; local government; locality; local self-governing body; municipality
Mecca; Makkah; mecca; centre for some field or activity (center)
holding another position; serving concurrently as; concurrent position
surface mail (ship); sea mail; ferry service; steamer service
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
minuteness; one millionth
to pour into (liquids); to pump into
never ceasing; never ending; endless
to boil; to seethe; to be oppressed by heat
Honshū (largest of the four main islands of Japan); Honshu
open; frank; liberal; open-minded
suddenly and precipitately; take a sudden turn
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else