suited figure; person in a suit
security police; special police; special; TV special; 78-rpm record; standard play (VHS recording speed); SP
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
clearly; distinctly; evidently; definitely
dry and rough; desiccated; rustling
faltering; tottering; halting; unsteady; awkward; clumsy
mechanical doll; automaton; string puppet; marionette; (fig.) person who follows orders blindly
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
to start the debate; to get the ball rolling; to fire the first shot; to start a conversation
to tear off; to pluck off; to take forcibly
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed); location of the fight between the Asuras and Shakra; difficulties (in a love relationship); crunch time (esp. for cartoonists)
bumpy (e.g. of a rash); knobbly; pimply; easily cut
something unrelated (to what has been discussed thus far)
crying loudly; bawling; wailing; crying one's eyes out (without making noise); breaking into a flood of tears; crying buckets
yes; wind that blows from north to north-east during spring and summer along the coast of the sea of Japan
oracle; revelation; divine message
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
to be main; to be principal; to be important
convening; calling together (e.g. parliament); call-up (for military service)
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
castle wall; town walls; defensive wall; rampart
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
the whole company; all the companies
all companies; each company
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
yaksha (Buddhist guardian deities sometimes depicted as demonic warriors)
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
devious; cunning; sly; crafty
heel (of a shoe); heel; bad guy; player of villain roles
to try and draw someone out; to fish for information; (for a shrine maiden) to present water to spirits while invoking them; to offer water before a grave
(staying) one night; overnight stay; overnight rental; per-night rental
crocodile; alligator; (arch.) shark