degree of familiarity; popularity; name recognition; notoriety
to annoy; to irritate; to cause offence; to provoke; to get on someone's nerves
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
combat readiness; battle readiness; fighting trim
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
to be awesome; to be extreme; to be incredible
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
resistance (to heat, corrosion, etc.); tolerance (to a drug, pain, etc.); resistance (to drugs, pesticides, etc.)
pulsation; pulsatory motion
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
data collection; data acquisition
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating
kappa; mythical water-dwelling creature; excellent swimmer; cucumber; cucumber sushi wrapped in nori
upper grades of primary school (sixth, fifth, and sometimes fourth grades)
to be seething (with anger); to be frenzied; to be menacing; to be murderous
to harm; to hurt; to fail to do; to do amiss; to almost do; to come close to doing
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
one class (of students); one group (of people); one set (of items); one pair
beautiful legs; great legs
to kick into the air; to kick up; to kick from below
to become keen on; to get passionate about
canopy; dome; priestly minstrel's reed hood; reed hood worn by Komuso priests
odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
condition; state (of health); appearance
to poison (e.g. food, drink); to administer poison
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
the point just before ...; the point of (doing); the verge (of); (just before the) edge
cleverness; skill; tact; clever person (in a particular field); skillful person (skilful)
medical examination; checkup; consultation
one or two; a few; small number
source of information; intelligence source; message source
like a part of the family
brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother
underground organization; underground organisation
under the orders of; by order (command)
direct control; direct supervision
way to shoot (a gun); way to fire; firing; shooting