strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
close adhesion; sticking firmly (to); relating closely (to); having relevance (to); contact printing
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
plot; conspiracy; conference
participant; entrant; player; competitor
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
illustration (in a book, newspaper, etc.); picture
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
headquarters; head office; main office
conference room; council room
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
crash; smash; crunch; bang
audience (with a person of high standing); diameter of a tree trunk at eye level
short temper; quick temper; hot temper; impatience; irritability
rustic; rude; vulgar; rough
(complete) destruction; annihilation; devastation
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique; go-getter; resourceful person; wizard
to thrust down; to push off
careful; elaborate; scrupulous
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to take (preventive) measures; to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
safety zone; traffic island
evacuation (to the country); spreading out (troops); deployment; dispersal
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
expressing one's opinion; speaking one's mind; making known; revealing
brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded
generation; lifetime; age
to build; to construct; to put up; to build up (a fortune, reputation, enterprise, etc.); to establish (a relationship, system, etc.); to create
strong arm; stout arm; ability to carry out a difficult job; capable person
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known