scandal; deplorable event
outrageous; scandalous; inexcusable; disgraceful; shameful; rude
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
sticky; persistent; insistent; nagging
draw (in competition); tie game
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
to make a list; to enumerate
detached house; single house; single building; isolated house; house in isolated location
requisition; requisitioning; seizure; confiscation; impounding; retaining (e.g. deposit)
skinny person; scrawny person; scarecrow; bag of bones
(arch.) southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south); (arch.) South-East Asia; (arch.) Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies); exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style); (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm); nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
with all one's strength; with all one's might
to be steamed (properly, e.g. rice); to be stuffy; to grow musty; to get close
heavy sweating; a great deal of sweat
slaves (lowest class in the ritsuryō system); bondservants; male and female servants; manservants and maids
slave trade; white-slave trade; human trafficking
fishing industry; fishery
paying no heed to; not caring about; taking no notice of
greater than ...; bigger ...
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
circulation of the blood; apprehension
to pull apart; to separate; to draw; to tie (a game)
out of office; out of power; in opposition; unaffiliated (e.g. researcher, scientist); in private practice
to be splendid; to be superb
(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
running continuously; firing in rapid succession
from beginning to end; from start to finish; from first to last; end-to-end; all the way through
split; division; break up
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
natural calamity; disaster
billiards; pool; serial collisions (of cars)
to fall into ruin; to be desolated
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
should do; ought to do; must do
to contemplate; to ponder; to think over; to turn over in one's mind; to reflect; to muse
plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution
ultramarine colour (color)
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender