to solicit; to demand; to extort
treating someone like a child
to mind; to care; to worry
to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard; to refuse curtly; to reject outright
to lose one's mind; to lose control of oneself
more than anything; above all else
plump; with a thud; heavily
nothing special; nothing significant; not a problem
low intelligence; low IQ; feeble-mindedness; unintelligent person; person with a low IQ
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
frantically; maddeningly; to distraction
union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
inconsistency; discord; conflict; discrepancy; contradiction; failure
beyond imagination; unimaginable
Paleolithic; Palaeolithic; Old Stone Age
bowl (wooden); counter for bowls of food or drink
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
triangle; triangular shape
ritual; religious service; festival
notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties
to sell off; to sell completely
(living) from hand to mouth; living on the fringe of subsistence
life and death; life or death
tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing
to put a burden on; to tax (e.g. strength)
the aforementioned; the said; (man, incident, etc.) in question; the usual
immense; awesome; enormous; terrific
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
regular; well-regulated; systematic; orderly
joint establishment (esp. schools of different levels or different courses of study); establishment as an annex (e.g. of a school); juxtaposition; placing side by side
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
attendance; presence; appearance
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine