dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
phone duty; being on call
feigned ignorance; pretending not to recognize (somebody); unconcerned air; indifference
lacking skill; uninspiring; unexciting; dull; unrefined; boring (from being too plain)
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
Hasegawa Keitarou (1927.11-)
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to apologize; to apologise
to sit upright; to sit up straight; to take a defiant attitude; to become aggressive; to take the offensive
demonstration; protest; (giving a) demo; demonstration; presentation
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
infringement; violation; invasion; encroachment; trespass
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
by a strange coincidence; in an unexpected turn of events; by chance; by accident
Sanzu River (Buddhist equivalent of the River Styx)
protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
line-up (baseball, product, etc.); lineup
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain; England
extra-large (clothing size); XL
ability; performance; efficiency
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
and; AND (Boolean operator)
uninspiring; unexciting; dull; unrefined; uninteresting
(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
to be astonished; to be flabbergasted; to be startled; to be amazed
no matter how much time passes