to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
several times; a few times
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; site; grounds
vertex; apex; top (e.g. of a mountain); summit; top (of a profession, field, etc.); summit
feeling; sensation; tentative; rough; interjection
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
form; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
outside the country; abroad
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
group; bunch; crowd; group
to buy (stock, materials, etc.); to purchase; to lay in; to get; to obtain
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become indistinct; to become impure (of one's heart, a society, etc.); to be corrupted
rice grasshopper (of genus Oxya); grasshopper; locust (of family Catantopidae)
every evening; night after night
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
parent; parents; dealer; banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
cry (e.g. of a baby); sob; whine; tearful voice; weepy voice
eerie; hair-raising; exaggerated; ostentatious
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
every evening; every night
suspicious character (person, figure)
harmless to humans and animals; having no influence; unimportant; insignificant
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
to put on airs; to throw one's weight about; to swagger; to act arrogantly
stand-in; proxy; substitute; second serving of noodles (to add to one's remaining ramen broth)
end; extremity; limit; result; outcome; upshot
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
strong person; the strong; the powerful
leak; leakage; omission; oversight; I; me
unexpectedly; by chance; by accident
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
to put on; to wear; to be clothed in; to be clad in; to be dressed in; to be wrapped in
mob; the masses; rabble; all things in nature; the whole creation
fine (grain, workmanship, etc.); close (weave); delicate; precise; accurate; careful
to weave in (a pattern, colour, material, etc.)