meaningless words; words that make no sense
going into a frenzy; flying into a rage
scuttling (to escape in a panic, in shame, etc.); scurrying; scrambling
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
full view; plain sight; completely visible
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
endurance contest; test of endurance
Japan Self-Defense Forces; JSDF; self-defence force; self-defense force
weather; look of the sky; situation; turn of affairs; signs
junior high school student; middle school pupil
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
good feeling; feeling good
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
massing (of troops); gathering
news media; news organization; newspeople; people in the press
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
to make sure; to make doubly sure
being too late; losing one's final chance
left utterly helpless (e.g. by a curt reply or refusal); have no one to turn to; unapproachable
odious; hateful; detestable; (speaking ironically) darling
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
to be to the point; to be pertinent
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
police officer; policeman; constable
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)
having poor eyesight; poorly sighted
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)
finally; after great pains; at last; just barely
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
descendant; posterity; offspring