all out; like hell; like crazy; desperately; (lit.) expecting to die
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
as good as dead; might as well be dead; more dead than alive
when it comes to the cause; when you get right down to it; as for what started it; as for the reason; originally
with a clunk; with a clank; the sound of a sudden decrease (in profits, vigor, etc.)
in all sincerity; with one's whole heart; whole-hearted devotion
pressure; oppression; suppression
replacement; substitution; change; shunting (rail); switching
to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to be near (a certain age)
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
(arch.) poor; (arch.) unskillful; (arch.) clumsy; I; me
poor crop; bad harvest; crop failure; low quality (e.g. of literary works)
trust me and ...; just take my word for it and ...; (lit.) think that you have been tricked, and ...
viewing the past through rose-tinted glasses; glorifying past experiences; nostalgia filter; (lit.) memory revision
see!; didn't I tell you (this would happen)?
rough-and-ready (medical) treatment; drastic remedy; drastic treatment; drastic measures; drastic steps
hair elastic; hair tie; hair band; rubber band
electrical tape; insulating tape
to gain strength; to have energy
overthrow; defeat; bringing down; knockdown
one-by-one; separately; in detail
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
index; indices; indicator
to be infected; to be contagious
bird of paradise (Paradisaeidae family)
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)
heart-wrenchingly; with a thrill in one's heart
subtracting points; deducting points; points deducted
attaching the polite suffix "-san" to someone's name
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
to be born; to come into the world
such a thing; something like that
calamity; misfortune; disaster
commander-in-chief; supreme commander; captain (of a team)
main performer; star performer; headliner; rakugo storyteller of the highest rank
to have one's faults exposed; to have one's secrets blown
within expectations; as expected; within the scope of hypothesis or assumption
one's true feelings and one's official stance (which may be at odds); one's real motive and one's stated reason