general situation; general trend; general tendency; large majority (of a group, faction, etc.); majority group
to have rumors going around (rumours); to have rumors spread
huge person; enormous object
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
boasting; bragging; big talk; conch (esp. Charonia tritonis); trumpet shell
you bastard!; you son of a bitch!
to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at
equal (distribution, treatment, level, etc.); even; uniform
to be dispirited; to be dejected; to lose heart; to become discouraged; to be crestfallen; to be utterly disheartened
evil influence; (evil) clutches; tentacles of evil
accountant; accounting clerk; cashier; treasurer
to miss a chance to do; to fail to do
anyway; either way; one way or the other; whichever; whatever
what; what kind of; no ...; any; adds emphasis to the preceding word; no
very messy; (stuff) all over the place; (lit.) no space even for one's feet
to give; to present; to offer; to do for someone's sake
not a little; not a few; considerable
to be indebted; to be under an obligation
care; attentiveness; attention; consideration (for others); solicitude
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
to follow loyally; to wait on someone hand and foot; to be at someone's beck and call
uncharacteristic; unbefitting; unworthy (of)
best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of
to fall into someone's hands; to place oneself in someone's power
extinguishing a fire; (Edo-period) fireman
fame; popularity; reputation
collection of books; (personal) library
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
dark side (of nature, town, etc.)
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
intellectual curiosity; out of curiosity; inquisitiveness
analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse
to read and understand; to interpret (e.g. a difficult text); to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
in some way or other; in some shape or form; somehow
depiction; description; portrayal
dialogue; conversation; talk; discussion; communication
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
to connect; to correlate; to associate; to relate; to link
dusk; nightfall; twilight
weak-headed; can't drink much; can't hold one's liquor; can't take one's drink; easily gets drunk