strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
rude person; villain; blackguard; scoundrel; rogue; libertine
parent; parents; dealer; banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
Dragon King; promoted rook
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
riddled with holes; full of holes; full of flaws; full of loopholes; faulty
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
to lose one's temper; to lose patience; to have enough; to be exasperated; to become irritated; to get fed up
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
as (for); for; in the capacity of
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
clapping hands; applause; clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)
to repaint; to paint again; to paint (a different colour); to change completely; to break (a record); to redraw (e.g. the map)
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
taking refuge; evacuation; backup (of data)
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
basics; fundamentals; basis; basically; fundamentally
to shoot (a gun, person, etc.); to fire
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
to twist; to wrench; to twist (a body part); to bend; to strangle (to death); to wring (an animal's neck); to defeat easily
again; once again; yet again
emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence
as hoped for; as expected
venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
each place; various places
here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots
on the contrary; rather; instead; all the more
to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended
to take a breath; to take a short rest
heeding; paying attention; bearing in mind