pinch-hitting; pinch hitter; performing a duty in place of someone else; proxy
flat and smooth; unchanging; featureless; noppera-bō; humanoid creature with a flat, featureless face
cartoon-character costume
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
of the time; at the time; of the hour; in vogue; sought after
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
reality; actuality; hard fact
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
finish; finishing; finishing touches
thawing of snow; thaw; thaw (in relations)
hills and fields; hill and dale
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
somehow; somewhat; seemingly
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
carefully; thoroughly; fully; deliberately
proficient; skilled; skillful; patience; perseverance; fortitude
to curl oneself up; to squeeze oneself in; to be huddled
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
wild beast; wild animal; brute
lustful beast; lascivious monster
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
must; should; will (surely); be bound to; will (do); shall
to run out; to rush out; to start running; to begin to run; to break into a run
leader; chief; head; (another person's) head
another; one more; (not) quite; (not) very; lacking
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
thick wakame leaves from near the stem
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up