a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
of inquiring mind; eager to study; enthusiastic in studying
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
promotion; raising of status
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
you bastard!; you son of a bitch!
buzzer; personal alarm (loud buzzer to attract attention in case of attack)
long-awaited; long-waited-for; someone who has waited a long time; something that one has waited impatiently for
championship game; finals (of a tournament); deciding round
phantasmagoric; protean; shape-shifting; kaleidoscopic; capable of ever-changing appearance
on one hand; on the other hand
hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
bad luck; bad fortune; evil; wickedness
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about
I wonder about that; don't bet on it; famous last words
to continue to do; to persist in doing
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser; poor at letting things go; unable to accept the inevitable
to suffer damage; to be deceived
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off
hanger-on; follower; flunky; purse strapped round one's waist
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
carelessly; inattentively
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
silver; silver colour; (fig.) snow
Hokuriku region of Honshu (incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)