mature; experienced; precocious; mature for one's age
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
lazy person; lazy fellow; slothful person
to start to move; to get going; to come alive
long and narrow; lanky; gangling; spindly
making great haste, having been caught off guard; scurrying unprepared; rushing to an emergency with sword in hand, not having had time to affix it at the waist
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
helmet (of a warrior); headpiece
expresses displeasure or disapproval; just from (doing); simply by
guard; sentinel; garrison
tip of an ear (of wheat, etc.); tip (of a brush, spear, etc.); point; spearhead
marquis; second highest rank of the five ranks of nobility; daimyo
to turn; to shift; to switch; to change; to alter
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
petty official; minor official
to attack; to go for; to come at; to pounce on; to jump on; to swoop down on
station; office; guardroom
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
to let out a cry; to break forth
to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
full particulars; all the details; the whole story; everything (about); from beginning to end
burning with curiosity; curious
to feign ignorance; to pretend one doesn't know
bent back; hunchback; stoop
totteringly; staggeringly; unsteadily; lanky; spindly; slender
praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)
to knock (someone) off their feet; to knock down; to send flying; to strike; to drive away (one's sorrows, worries, etc.); to dispel
tough (world); hard (times); cold; stingy; miserly; mercenary
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
Japanese angelica tree (Aralia elata)
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
bureaucratic routine; red tape
thorough investigation; close inquiry; pursuit (e.g. of the truth)
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
in succession; one after another
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff