exceedingly; extremely; decisively
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
while; during; performed in this condition
unbelievable; incredible; implausible
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
on the occasion of; at the time of
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below; to wedge; to play a wedge
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
shock (emotional); shock (physical); impact; crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; (circulatory) shock
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa-nostalgic; old-fashioned
convention; tired tradition; old custom
interpretation; explanation; reading; construction
negative image (of something or someone); bad image; bad impression
wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise
ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth
difficult person; good-for-nothing; pain in the ass (arse)
to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (another's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)
to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess
to push up (one's hair) with one's fingers; to comb up; to smooth back (a wisp of hair)
but; however; although; though
beating time with one's hands; clapping to the beat; making a careless move (in go, shogi, etc.); responding to an opponent's move without proper thought
closing mid-way; taking a break mid-way through an event, sometimes with ceremonial hand-clapping
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)