greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable
tone (of voice); manner of talking
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
reversal; return; return gift; return favour; barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
great laughter; burst of laughter
incoherent; wandering; vague; rambling; whimsical
word game; wordplay; playing with words
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
warning; caution; admonition; keikoku (penalty in judo)
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; to be in a fix; to be in a desperate situation; to be in a pinch; to be in a predicament
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
several people; a few people
atrocious; heinous; fiendish; brutal; vicious
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
dozens; scores of; decades
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
to jump up; to leap up; to spring up
(in) the air; midair; sky
to rise; to swell; to intensify; to increase; to grow stronger; to get higher
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development
to shoot through (a door, the heart, etc.); to go through
partly burned charcoal; cinders; charred remains; (arch.) servant boy at a brothel or teahouse
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
to repair; to mend; to change; to alter; to put back; to put away; to cure
several steps; much (better, higher, etc.); several cuts (above)
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
not bad; not half bad; pretty good
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
to assume an air of ...; to act ...; to affect ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
flash (of light); glint; swift strike; quick decisive move