cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
to clamber; to climb with hands and feet; to crawl up; to creep up
mole cricket (esp. the Oriental mole cricket, Gryllotalpa orientalis); being penniless; being broke
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
scattered; sprinkled; sporadically; snapping (of a thread, string, etc.); breaking
ditch; drain; gutter; trench
spread; extension; influence; aftereffect; ripple
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
to run at full speed; to run and run; to try one's hardest
hair on the back of one's head
vicious circle; vicious cycle
from the beginning; from the first; of course; not to mention ...; not only ... but also ...
drenched with sweat; sweaty all over
somehow dirty; slightly dirty; dingy; somewhat base; vaguely underhanded
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
metallic taste; taste of iron
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
(large) gun; cannon; artillery; long-ball hitter; home-run hitter
overturning; capsizing; overthrow (e.g. of a government)
to plan; to form a plan; to scheme; to envision; to intend to do
muzzling (someone); gagging; forcing (someone) to keep quiet (about something); silencing (someone); killing (someone) to prevent them from revealing something
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
Maitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku
taiji (in Chinese philosophy, the principle that embodies all potential things, incl. time and space)
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; of course; definitely
people's history (written for the king of China; usu. written as a novel)
the whole universe (of a billion worlds) that Buddha enlightened; the whole wide world
fortress; stronghold; citadel
protective wall; defensive wall; barrier; bulwark
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
to run past; to run by; to go too far ahead