daily supplies; daily necessities; household items; housewares
acquaintance; friend; familiar face
being brought to a standstill; being stranded; being stumped; being in a dilemma; dying while standing (and remaining standing); dying on one's feet
making frequent appearances; appearing often; appearing and disappearing
self-defense; self-defence
newcomer; new figure; new member; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards); Homo sapiens
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all
lewdness; lewd person; pervert; lecher
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
precocious; precocious child
self-justification; excuse
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
to dig one's own grave; to bring calamity upon oneself; to make a rod for one's own back
(lower) abdomen; hypogastrium; genitals; private parts
changeable; unsettled; inconstant; fickle (e.g. weather)
look of the sky (esp. of bad weather); weather; course (of events); situation; way the wind is blowing
to finish reading; to read through; to figure out; to fully anticipate
to change the schedule; to change one's plans
reluctantly; grudgingly; unwillingly
to insert; to put in; to thrust in; to plug in
meeting; greeting; welcome; person sent to meet a visitor
formal; courteous; ritual; ritualistic
custom; practice; convention; precedent
to begin to rain; to begin to snow
stagnation; hindrance; delay
one's way (ahead); one's path
just then; at that time; at that moment; as it's a time of ...; in this time of ...
to backfire; to have a harmful result
to cross (each other); to pass (each other); to miss (meeting) each other; to pass each other by; to have a misunderstanding; to go awry
to travel on frequently (e.g. a road or path)
on time; on schedule; punctually
offender (esp. murderer); criminal
to choose the best; to select carefully; to handpick
gazing at (in wonderment)
speech; address; curtain speech; prologue; way of speaking; manner of speech
competing; competition; auction
absurd; irrational; unreasonable; absurdity
breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd); dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.); winding-up; dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)