(male-to-female) crossdresser; drag queen; trans woman
collation; examining and comparing; checking (against the original text)
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
lighting up; illumination; floodlighting
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
low-altitude flying; having consistently poor results (grades, sales, etc.); barely scraping by; being on the verge of failing
wandering (around); roaming; loitering; prowling; hanging around
disaster film; disaster movie
to assume an aspect; to take on an appearance
to pierce; to go through; to remove (partitions between rooms); to knock (e.g. two rooms) into one; to carry out (to completion)
artifice; wiles; trickery; art of a courtesan (esp. for seducing or deceiving customers); coquetry
complexion; colour; color; blood red
to gather up into one's arms; to lift; to carry
high alert; a state of high alert; on alert
to have guts; to be plucky; to have nerves of steel
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
(breaking) with a snap (of a thread, rope, etc.); (ending) suddenly (of a call, communications, etc.); breaking out (of a pimple, swelling, etc.); pricking (e.g. with a needle)
shackles; fetters; irons; bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship
avalanche; snowslide; avalanche; avalanche jōseki
discernment; penetration; keen insight; your discernment; your insight; your conjecture
spinning the opposite way; backspin (tennis, baseball); counter
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
degree; extent; (health) condition; state of health; adjustment; moderation; addition and subtraction
per person; per capita; per head
taking care of one's health
to endeavor (to do); to endeavour; to try hard; to work hard; to strive; to make an effort
surveillance camera; security camera
crafty; tricky; sly; sinister (look)
way (of doing); manner; method
by any standard; (not) even as flattery
after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter