trickling (of water); flickering (of fire); darting about (e.g. a small animal); scampering about
exaggerated; extravagant; overdone
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce
to take part in (usu. something bad); to be a party to; to have a hand in
contrived; false-sounding
clone; kroon (former currency of Estonia)
guard; sentinel; garrison
900; nine hundred; (arch.) fool; (arch.) idiot
unable to put up any resistance; unable to put up a fight; not standing a chance (against)
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
stopping functioning; being out of service
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
dejected; dispirited; crestfallen; discouraged
lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
caged bird; person whose freedom has been restricted (esp. a prostitute, mistress, concubine, etc.)
to put on airs; to assume importance; to be self-important; to be pretentious; to be pompous; to stand on one's dignity
to thrust at someone (e.g. a weapon); to point (a gun, knife, etc.) at; to hold up threateningly to (someone's face); to present forcefully (demand, document, etc.); to confront someone with (evidence, facts, etc.); to force upon
laughing while crying; smiling through one's tears; (alternately) laughing and crying; tears and laughter; joy and sorrow
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
crucible; melting pot; melting pot (of cultures, ideas, etc.); state of ecstasy; state of fevered excitement
to crowd (a house); to throng to (a door)
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
paralysis; palsy; numbness; loss of sensation; standstill; state of paralysis
conifer; needle-leaved tree
how; in what way; I wonder
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
construction; framework; erection; assembly; organization; organisation
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
brilliance; luster; lustre; vividness; life
resonance; sympathy (with a view, idea, etc.)