drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
all pain, no gain; doing no good and a lot of harm; having no redeeming features; being a complete disadvantage; (lit.) a hundred harms and not a single gain
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
spot-billed duck (Anas poecilorhyncha)
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
wall of people; crowd of people lined up (e.g. spectators); throng of people
to push aside; to push one's way through
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
shout of abuse; jeers; boos
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
wrapping (something) in a bamboo mat; wrapping someone in a bamboo mat and throwing them into a river (unofficial Edo-period punishment)
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
bodyguards; elite guards; Schutzstaffel; SS; groupies; ardent fans
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
being about to cry; the verge of tears
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
manipulation of information; spin
otherwise; or else; if not
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
bloodthirsty killer; cold-blooded murderer; homicidal maniac
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)