good quality; fine quality; superior quality; high quality
brief (amount of time); short
to fold one's arms; to stand and watch (without interfering); to stand idly by; to lie in wait; to be ready and waiting
(with a) thump; (hanging) straight down
firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm
brute; beast; monster; inhuman person; ungrateful person
Last Judgment (judgment of mankind to take place when the world ends, according to various religious traditions)
to run; to hurry (when going somewhere); to drive (a car) quickly; to ride fast (on a horse); to win (fame)
group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system (often ex-convicts or vagrants); non-human
rules are rules; a rule is a rule
multiplication; synergism
legislation; development of laws
to judge; to decide; to sit in judgement; to try
stepwise; one step at a time
I don't know about ... but; it may be possible for ... but
to have both; to possess both; to combine with
regarding as sacred; apotheosis; deification; sanctification
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
counter for generations; epoch
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live
male domination of women; male chauvinism; subjection of women
whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; deftly finishing up; putting on the final touches
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
counterclockwise; anti-clockwise; eccentric; abnormal
entire world; whole world; world stage
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
advanced (developed) country; advanced nations
as time goes by; as time went by; with the passage of time; over time
eta; group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system and whose work usually involved handling human bodies or animal carcasses
compensation; reparations; indemnity; damages
yearned for; longed for; missed
dolphin (or other small toothed whales, such as porpoises, belugas, etc.)