suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; attractive; distinguished; showy
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
tatami chair; legless chair; small, legless chair used while sitting on tatami
boss; leader; kingpin; chief; head (e.g. of a crime syndicate)
investigator; one who seeks the way
volume-sales electronics retailer; electronics retail store
broad or spacious veranda; eaves
deliberate hindrance; obstruction
not at all tense; relaxed; calm
to loiter; to waste money
the good fortune to have been born male
cease-fire; truce; armistice
to have a showdown; to settle (e.g. a dispute)
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reaping what you sow
noninterference; leaving something to take its own course; giving someone a free hand with something
dispute; argument; contention
to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease
inviolability; nonaggression; sacredness
to look daunted; to look embarrassed; to be disappointed
false charge; slander; defamation
display window; shop window; store window
device; equipment; machinery; apparatus
consumer electronics; home appliances
unlimited; unrestricted; limitless
Age of Discovery; Age of Exploration
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
quagmire; sludge; mud; slush; mire
with a start; with a jump
bottomless; endlessly deep; infinite
to crawl out; to creep out; to begin to crawl
just managing; with great difficulty
to drive to death (e.g. by suicide); to cause to die
to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand
variables; uncertain elements; uncertainties; imponderables
cake or snack served with tea
rice cracker; senbei; Japanese cracker; rice cookie; wafer
natural virtue; personal virtue