spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
strongest ever; most powerful in history
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call
that's the way it is; such is life
(with a) whizzing sound; sound of something whizzing by
special training; intensive training; crash course
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
third day of the month; three days
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
plunking (down something heavy); flumping (into a chair)
home area; home town; local
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
yearned for; longed for; missed
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
to choose (a thing) at one's own discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
not at all; don't worry about it; forget about it
(heavy) drinker; drunkard; tippler; boozer
quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic
difference; variation; difference
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
clothing; dressing; binding (of a book)
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much