study; library; den; home office; reading room
Wednesday; shaved ice (served with flavored syrup); water (fifth of the five elements)
intimidating air; sense of intimidation
lack; absence; shortage; deficiency; privation
to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live
(poor) treatment; (bad) behavior; behaviour; action; act
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
to be noisy (e.g. from people talking); to be discomposed (e.g. feelings)
silence; stillness; quietness
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
to throw a punch at; to swing at; to strike out at; to raise a hand against
to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry
blood (in one's face, cheeks, etc.); colour; color; hot-bloodedness; hotheadedness; impulsive temperament
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
lasting long; continuation; keeping at (something); sticking to (something)
handful; small amount; small number
irregular; atypical; anomalous; anomalistic; abnormal
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
the big two...; two major...; two main...
armed forces; military; troops
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled; mowing down the enemy
young man who has a feminine aesthetic
habit of idleness (laziness); indolence
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
difficult problem; challenge
aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor
impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned
cut; reduction; curtailment
simplified version; abridged edition
something like ...; something called ...
well connected; well known; having a large, diverse circle of acquaintances
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
descendant; posterity; offspring
to beat to death; to kill
son of a bitch; piece of shit
taking something as absolute truth; regarding something as absolute