meter; gauge; metre (i.e. 100 cm); meter; animator
thief; robber; burglar; rebel; insurgent; traitor
acquaintance; friend; familiar face
let's not say (such things) to each other
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
to find out; to discover; to locate
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
worthy of special mention
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
the first and second; a few
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
lattice; counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish); handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows)
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
to go fast; to drive fast; to speed
to run swiftly; to dash; to rush; to race
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
drop-by-drop; dripping; dribbling; incessantly (esp. speaking, e.g. complaints, compliments); in great profusion
with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can
to put on the brakes; to put a stop to
left side; left-hand side
(water-filled) paddy field
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
outside a car (train, bus, etc.)
(coming to a) sudden stop
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); plagiarism; rip-off
as everyone knows; needless to point out
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command