stirring; slight movement
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
jokingly; in the form of a joke
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
interior; backwoods; hinterland; back regions
(not) even once; (not) ever
trip abroad; overseas travel
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
infection; contagion; becoming infected
assertion; declaration; affirmation
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
to cross one's mind; to spring to mind; to occur to one
to probe someone's real intentions; to sound someone out; to try to fathom someone's thoughts
to be branded a ...; to be labelled a ...
company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
to volunteer; to undertake a challenge
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
personal affair; one's own affair
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
to laugh away; to laugh off
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; a kick
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
frequency (of occurrence)
to bend one's head slightly to one side; to look slightly doubtful
nine; nine years of age; twelve o'clock (old time system)
eight-headed, eight-tailed serpent (in Japanese mythology)
Hercules; Herakles; Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules)
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread