first-rate; finest quality; the best
intrusion; bursting into; barging into; breaking into; forcing one's way into
to take (a person) unawares; to make a surprise attack
being too late; losing one's final chance
among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once
to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)
intoxication; being fascinated (by); being carried away (by); being enraptured (by)
shellfish; seashell; shell
sandpiper (any bird of family Scolopacidae, incl. the curlews, godwits, phalaropes, redshanks, ruff, snipes, turnstones, and woodcocks)
to stick one's nose into (someone else's business); to meddle; to interfere; to butt in
ugly; unattractive; bad-looking; unsightly; unseemly; disgraceful
surprise victory; upset; coup
guffawing; roaring (with laughter); (laughing) heartily
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
wound (suffered in a fight)
related to; in relation to
with a whizzing sound; with a whistling sound; sound of something whizzing by
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction
seriously; no kidding; joking aside; in all seriousness
self-determination; suicide
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
ghastliness; dreadfulness; grimness; intimidation; menace; threat
fetus; foetus; embryo; baby in the womb; unborn baby
to be born; to come into the world
desperation; struggle to the death
subordination; servitude; servility; subordinate; underling
severely; harshly; utterly; terribly
to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
career; occupation; personal history; professional experience; government employee who has passed the highest national civil service exam; carrier; carrier (of a disease-causing agent)
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Scaphium affine)
to obey; to submit to; to serve (in the army, a prison sentence, etc.); to go into (mourning); to observe; to take (medicine, poison, etc.)
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
foreign car; imported car; paddle wheel
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
linear; rectilinear; straight-line; straightforward; simple