the same as it was long ago; unchanged; traditional
lieutenant general; vice-admiral
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce
some nerve (as in 'you must have some nerve to ...')
(brute) force; using all one's might
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
to find out; to discover; to locate
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
portable shrine (carried in festivals); palanquin; buttocks; lower back
parroting back; repeating (something one was told) like a parrot
ultimate; final; last; eventual
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
hastily made; improvised preparation
making efficient; optimization
critical (touch and go) situation; explosive situation
to scatter away; to vanish
financial power; financial means; wealth
no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as
to place (in relation to the whole); to rank; to position; to locate
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
lizard; skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)
to take; to catch; to capture
to ask elsewhere; to try another (store, service, etc.)
breach of manners; breach of etiquette
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)
to clash; to collide; to conflict; to meet (by chance); to come across; to run into
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
contest; competition; struggle; scramble
low-priced; cheap; inexpensive; shallow (e.g. sympathy); superficial; cheap (e.g. government)
to run about trying to escape
stumbling; failure; misstep; setback
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
share; portion; quota; cut