drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
usual; ordinary; normal; ordinarily; normally; usually
to drive in (a nail, stake, etc.); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into; to shoot into; to input (data)
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
offender; criminal; culprit
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)
tool; implement; means; furniture
whatever way; any way; either way; one way or the other
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
childish; childlike; immature; infantile; puerile
stealthily; secretly; in secret
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; completely; thoroughly
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to fall into (someone's) hands; to fall under someone's control; to become someone's property (e.g. of an object)
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
easy; easygoing; carefree; happy-go-lucky; optimistic; leisurely
to rise (of smoke, steam, etc.); to go up
wild; growing wild; living in the wild; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill
a lot more; much more; and then some; and plenty more than that
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
whereabouts; address; place of temporary residence
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to be hard (to do); to be difficult; to require much effort; to be laborious; to be backbreaking; to have trouble (doing)
to catch (a wild animal or fish); to capture; to hunt; to win (a title, prize, etc.); to conquer
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
preliminary investigation; preliminary inquiry; preparation (for a class); going over one's lessons (in advance); studying ahead
to bring to light; to expose (to the world)
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
offering to a deity or someone's spirit; tribute to a person who is about to depart
plan; project; attempt; plot; scheme; undertaking
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
with a sting; with a tingle; nervously; tensely; with a rip; with a ripping sound
end; finish; bound; limit; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)
to come to see; to come and see; to visit
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please