noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
entering; entrance; attendance; audience; containing; income; earnings
flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession
proposal; proposition; suggestion
implementation (e.g. of a feature); installation (of equipment); mounting; packaging
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
to struggle in the water; to be drowning; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to (forcibly) separate (a couple, family, etc.); to force apart; to tear apart
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)
to run down (stairs, etc.)
question of where responsibility lies; issue of where liability lies; question of who is responsible
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; pile of 3 cards of the same value in oicho-kabu
so; therefore; and; (and) then
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
form; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven
snake; serpent; large snake
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
tenacious; persistent; stubborn; vindictive; spiteful; vengeful
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
chattering; chit-chat; (ladies) prattle
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction
long distance; long haul; long-distance race
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
overwork; working too hard
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?