beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
Imperial Guard (Meiji); personal guard
anyone and everyone; anybody at all
to fall into ruin; to be desolated
head and body; heads tall (ratio of total height to length of the head); heads long
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
modernization; modernisation
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; marijuana; cannabis
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter
to realize; to realise; to hit upon something
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
to exchange gunfire; to exchange shots
frequency (esp. of waveforms)
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
secondary sex characteristic
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
shooting from the hip; starting something without sufficient preparation; acting on a vague estimate (of the situation)
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
to not take seriously; to take lightly
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
emotion; feeling; atmosphere; mood; spirit