poisonous; toxic; addictiveness
feeling startled; getting a shock; prank; practical joke
to taste; to try (food or drink)
intimacy; friendship; friendly relations
doddering; tottering; unsteady; shaky; decrepit; infirm
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
to lead; to take the lead; to be in a top position
to inflict; to impose (a fine, etc.)
the one thing that is well-remembered
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject
one-liner; funny joke; gag; quick trick
rare; uncommon; not often seen
feeling keenly; fully realizing
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
fourth dimension; four dimensions
selling separately; not being included in the price
having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
preparing to flee; being ready to run away
temporal region; regio temporalis (capitis)
to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
eerie; hair-raising; exaggerated; ostentatious
expansion; swelling; increase; growth
reaching; attaining; arrival
true ancestor; var. of vampire (in fiction)
mosquito larva; wriggler; maggot
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
sunlight; sunshine; sunbeams
to find oneself fearful; to have an awful time
retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly
inherent flavor; inherent flavour; natural taste; distinctive characteristic (of a person, work, etc.); peculiar quality; special ability
all one has; all one's possessions
amplification (elec.); magnification; amplification; making larger
service (bus, train); operation; motion; revolution; movement