daily meals; three regular meals a day
before one knows it; without realizing; unawares; unnoticed
food and clothing; living; livelihood
being settled; coming to a conclusion
to compete; to vie; to make fight against another (person, animal); to pit against; to debate; to argue
Chinese windmill palm (Trachycarpus fortunei); Chusan palm; hemp palm
surrender (to the authorities); giving oneself up; turning oneself in
treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection
with stealthy steps; with noiseless footsteps; on tiptoe; stealthily
meeting; assembly; gathering; congregation; convention; rally
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
city at night; town at night; streets at night; nightlife district; drinking district
wandering; rambling; roaming
to loiter around; to wander about
to be scared; to be afraid; to tremble with fear
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
great cause; moral law; justice
ultimate; final; last; eventual
eros; sexual desire; Eros (god); (Platonic) Eros; Eros (asteroid)
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
to put something on top of another thing; to superimpose
side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley; alleyway
security (e.g. national security); US-Japan Security Treaty; campaign against the Japan-US Security Treaty (1959-60, 1970)
germination; pregnancy; arising (in); resulting (from); originating (in)
resignation; stepping down; retirement; retreat; decamping; withdrawal
to rise (to a high position); to work one's way up; to push one's way up; to be promoted
American; American-style (weak) drip coffee
highway; freeway; expressway; motorway