boastful speech; bragging
to distinguish oneself; to stand out
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryō period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
to praise highly; to sing the praises of; to applaud; to acclaim; to admire
unpublished; unreleased; not yet made public
to boast; to brag; to exaggerate
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
young animal (esp. a mammal)
(air) bubble (esp. in a liquid)
artificial; man-made; imitation; synthetic
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
(and) many others; extras (in a film)
common person; foolish commoner
labor; labour; manpower; working force
loud laughter; roaring with laughter
deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out
starting work (on); setting to work (on); commencing (a crime); playing (a move)
source of information; intelligence source; message source
in the end; after all is said and done
to break (into pieces); to smash; to shatter (someone's hopes, confidence, etc.); to crush; to simplify; to make easy to understand
venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on
based on; on the basis of
few decades; many decades; several decades
quite right; indeed; truly; well said
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
foundation; root; basis; root and trunk
wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism)
disorder; disturbance; unrest
haste; hurry; urgency; in a hurry; quickly; with haste
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
threshold; breaking point
spot; point; place; position
uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless
youth; adolescence; springtime of life