in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
... years old; age (of) ...
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
people; (all) persons; everyone; (arch.) you (usu. plural)
to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
you're looking well; how lovely to see you; how wonderful to see you in such good spirits; farewell, and keep well; do take good care of yourself
at; in; at; when; by; with
worthless; insignificant; unimportant; poor; miserable; wretched
to make a success in life
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryō system)
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
suffering; distress; hardship; trial
disrespect; irreverence; impiety; blasphemy; profanity
to attack; to assault; to challenge; to take on; to be bold; to be audacious
delineation; demarcation; drawing a line (e.g. between what's acceptable and unacceptable); (measuring) ruler
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
custom; convention; common practice; (arch.) becoming accustomed (to)
(and) yet; but; for all that; nevertheless
confections; sweets; candy; cake
registration; accession; register; entry; record; subscription
to wear the mantle of (borrowed) authority and misuse it
reference check (e.g. for a job)
subordination; dependency
connection; link; relationship
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
pleased to make your acquaintance
shortish; rather short; somewhat short
excessive self-consciousness; excessively self-conscious person
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
in succession; one after another
to weigh on one's mind; to worry one; to be concerned about
novice; beginner; starting to run; running off; running away
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled
does not seem; unlikely; improbable