enemy territory; hostile place
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
rushing to one's doom; (like a) moth flying into the flame
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
privacy; secrecy; confidentiality
important matter; requirement; requisite; necessary condition
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
uncharacteristic; unbefitting; unworthy (of)
literally; to the letter; literal
fourth dimension; four dimensions
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
to pause; to have a short intermission
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
to write down; to make a note of; to put on record; to chronicle
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
to be unequal to the burden (job); to be too heavy a load for
stagnation; hindrance; delay
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
to be forward; to be impertinent
reading too much into (what ... says)
dust; trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit; hustle and bustle (of life)
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
lump of meat; piece of flesh; human body
to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
way; method; means; effect; result; benefit
waste of time; killing time
trouble; bother; annoyance