war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession
egg dishes; food prepared with eggs
ready-made; common-law (wife)
discontent; dissatisfaction; complaint; grievance
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
to be torn off; to come off
to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)
to introduce oneself; to announce oneself (e.g. as the person sought); to come forward (e.g. as a witness, with a claim, etc.)
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following
And Then There Were None (1938 novel by Agatha Christie); Ten Little Niggers
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
counting song; enumerative form (of waka)
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
(sudden) complete reversal (of plot); unexpected twist (at end of story)
to talk to oneself; to mutter
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to check through; to thoroughly investigate
outline; summary; argument
to realize; to realise; to hit upon something