background knowledge; prerequisite knowledge
disorder; confusion; violence; outrage; riot
to trample (down); to crush (by trampling); to ravage
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
clipping (of newspaper article, etc.); cutting; cut-out (picture, coloured paper, etc.); clip (from a video); video clip
secret passage; underground passage; loophole; hole one can go through; opening
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
speaking about (one's thoughts, memories, etc.); relating (one's feelings, reminiscences, etc.); recollection; reminiscence
to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive
to be glossy; to glisten; to shine with a luster; to look alluring; to be sexy; to be seductive
to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
with a start; with a jump
tip of an ear (of wheat, etc.); tip (of a brush, spear, etc.); point; spearhead
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
to miss a chance to do; to fail to do
quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
since some time ago; for quite a while; already
lock; padlock; tablet; pill
wainscoting; wainscotting; wood paneling
to push aside; to brush aside
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside
with spirit; courageously; resolutely
sword; blade; single stroke
fresh and youthful; lively; vibrant; vivacious; juicy (e.g. fruit)
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
thigh; buttocks; arse; ass
stubbornly; firmly; determinedly; obstinately; resolutely; adamantly
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny