leading; foremost; preeminent; outstanding; one of the best
to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)
magic; sorcery; witchcraft; magic tricks (with large-scale props)
to have a long life; to live a long time
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out; (arch.) to lose motivation; (arch.) to get discouraged
one mind; wholeheartedness; one's whole heart
(common) use (of a language, currency, etc.); current use; to be accepted (e.g. of a way of thinking); to work (of an excuse, trick, etc.); going in and out; entrance and exit
rare; exceptional; extraordinary; unique; incomparable; unparalleled
imperial court; royal court
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
travelling alone; solitary journey
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
news (from someone); letter; contact; (someone's) whereabouts; (someone's) movements
to avoid being seen; to be clandestine
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
to dispatch (someone); to send; to make go fast (a car, horse, etc.); to drive; to move quickly (one's pen, eyes, etc.); to run (one's eyes over something)
to stroll about; to saunter; to wander; to dangle; to swing
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
household belongings; household possession; furniture and household goods; goods and chattels; home furnishings; household goods
not worrying about one's reputation or appearance; not caring what others think
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to act; to stop by (somewhere; esp. of a criminal on the run); to drop by
-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
to fall (on); to rain down; to shower down; to befall; to happen (to)
not worth considering; out of the question
with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can
answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
postwar period; period after Second World War
for dear life; barely escaping alive
somersault; returning from a destination right after arriving there; non-stop round trip; abrupt change of direction
setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage
to proceed with; to continue with; to move on; to go forward; to pursue
the usual; as it always is; said; that (previously-mentioned person or object); (arch.) in the usual way
to drop by; to stop by; to drop in; to approach; to draw near; to come close (to)
one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style); one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. a gun, scissors, spade, hoe, inkstick, palanquin, candle, jinrikisha, shamisen, oar); one chō (unit of distance, approx. 109.09 m); one game; one task