one grain; one drop; one bead
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
to catch fire; to be ignited; to ignite; to flare up (of an emotion, controversy, etc.); to blaze; to be ignited (of a dispute, commotion, etc.)
demon; devil; -crazed person; -obsessed person; dreaded; terrible
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
destruction; collapse; crumbling
rocky area; rocky tract; rocky stretch (of a climb); wall (of rock)
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information
chief; main; principal; main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
carrying voice; well-projected voice
ultramarine colour (color)
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
not factored in; not included in calculations; unaccounted for; unplanned for
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
suicide attack; kamikaze attack
to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to shadow
as you can imagine; as imagined
honor; honour; prestige; dignity; honorary (e.g. president, doctorate)
for your information; I'm telling you
magic; sorcery; incantation
hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding
to come together; to join; to merge; to get married; to become a married couple
to compare with the eye; to judge by comparison; to take into consideration; to bear in mind
to apply (of a rule); to be applicable (of standards, lessons, ideas, etc.); to hold true (e.g. of a description); to fit; to be suitable (e.g. of a word); to meet (requirements)
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
like this; this sort; this way
outskirts (of a town); run-down district
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in