accident; emergency; calamity
cancellation; withdrawal; abolition; revocation; cancel; CAN
oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
that; the matter in question
haughty; arrogant; insolent; presumptuous
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
appointing someone to a position of trust; entrusting someone with an important position; making much of
episode; side story; story within a story; aside; anecdote
toot (e.g. of trumpet); honk (e.g. of klaxon); beep; farting sound; sound of something being inflated; puff
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
very rare; very unlikely (to happen); scarcely; seldom; improbable; almost never (occurring)
king; monarch; ruler; champion
to be elegant; to be graceful; to be refined
to parry; to sidestep; to dodge
to run down (stairs, etc.)
war readiness; combat preparedness; readiness for battle
fully armed; armed to the teeth
internal (e.g. mechanism, feature); built-in; equipped (with)
upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
visit for no reason; going on a fool's errand
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
area; zone; district; quarter; section; limits
historical document written without a particular addressee (e.g. a diary)
mainly; chiefly; primarily; for the most part
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
footwear; footgear; shoes
to watch to the end; to ascertain; to determine; to know thoroughly; to obtain a deep understanding of
ordinary; plain; commonplace; usual; normal
arrangement of stones in a garden
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
(made of) leather; leather-bound
complete darkness; total darkness; pitch darkness
with a thump; with a clang; with a clank
faintly; weakly; dimly; fool; simpleton; dimwit
to come in (of light); to shine in; to stream in; to pour in
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
who on earth; just exactly who; who the heck
to exchange blows; to hit each other; to punch each other; to fight