grasp; catch; understanding
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
such; this sort of; like this
(United States of) America; USA
something; some kind of; for some reason
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
to become emaciated; to waste away; to grow thin and worn out
offering a full report to a superior
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
twenty-first day of the month; twenty-one days
ninth day of the month; nine days
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
complete ruin; collapse; losing (something) completely (e.g. face)
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
prefectural assembly member
a question (an issue) of where responsibility (liability) lies; a question of who is responsible (to blame)
trembling with fear; filled with trepidation
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
homeless; homeless person
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
death from cold; freezing to death
when it comes to ...; concerning; where ... are concerned
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
even if ...; even supposing that ...
hut; shanty; hovel; house built directly into the ground with no supporting stones
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)