ill will; malice; evil intent
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
eight-tenths; casting someone out; type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
battle standard decorated with hanging strips of paper or leather; fireman's standard (Edo period)
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
competing; competition; auction
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call
not taking an examination; not having to take an examination
twenty-first day of the month; twenty-one days
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
filthy; dirty (looking); drab
gum; rubber; eraser; condom
leather boots; rubber boots; wellingtons; wellies; long boots; high boots
how many people; a number of people
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
care; precaution; guarding; caution
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all