to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
pistol; handgun; revolver
(for) self-defense; (for) self-protection
to shoot out (lights, window, etc.)
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
muddiness; murkiness; impurity; Japanese voiced consonant mark; unrefined sake
ashibarai; foot sweep; sweeping one's opponent's legs from under them (judo, etc.)
to become distant; to recede
to follow another's example
script; libretto; scenario
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
to divide into three (parts); to trisect
to pat (e.g. dog); to rub; to stroke; to fondle
infant; baby; little child
obscene; indecent; lewd; bawdy; loose; improper
to do for real; to do in real life; to carry (a story) into actual practice
(it was) not until; (it was) only when
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
to cause; to induce; to bring about a result or state; to produce
to take out; to take a handful of; to grab and throw; to turn someone out (of house, room, etc.)
to rustle; to sway; to stir; to flutter
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
to be to the point; to be pertinent
that is to say; so that means
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise