art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes); chimpanzee; chimp
to kindle; to build a fire; to instigate; to stir up; to incite
particular; hard to please; fussy
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
clear as day; perfectly obvious; plain as daylight
continuously; throughout; in succession
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
to make short work of; to eat up quickly
forefoot; forefeet; foreleg; forelimb
sleeping during the day; (afternoon) nap; siesta
to pin the enemy down; to glare another down (and render impotent)
to freeze (from fear); to be unable to (too frightened to) run
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
to boil; to come to a boil; to seethe (with rage, etc.); to be furious
evaporation; disappearance (of people intentionally concealing their whereabouts); unexplained disappearance
U.S. forces; American military
railroad corporation; railway company
thickness; profundity; depth
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
to spit out; to eject; to dump
interference; meddling; butting in
unable to concentrate on (due to distractions, etc.)
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
to go to hell; to fall into hell; to be damned
comedian; actor who plays comic roles; figure of fun; laughing stock
Hachikō; Akita dog that waited every day at Shibuya station for the return of his owner (1923-1935)
great inconvenience; great deal of trouble; big nuisance; royal pain in the behind
to hide; to keep to oneself
long and large; tall and large; grand; huge
to drag along; to take (a suspect to the police); to drag (someone) away
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
before one could; in no time at all; without a gap
to feel relieved of one's burden; to have a weight removed from one's mind
to hold something reverently with both hands