talk; recital; narration; topic
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
illiteracy; ignorance; arhat; someone who has attained nirvana
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
(one's) favourite food; (one's) favorite food
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
very much; exceedingly; extremely
subtitle (e.g. of a book)
(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
great man; heroic figure; remarkable character
(having great) expectation; pinning one's hopes on
one large ...; a great ...
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair, etc.); grip (e.g. of death)
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
bottomless; unlimited; immeasurable; inexhaustible
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
Wednesday; shaved ice (served with flavored syrup); water (fifth of the five elements)
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
to control; to command; to get the better of
Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Tarō (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
being endowed with (e.g. a gift); being blessed with; endowment
other party; other side; ahead; in front; destination
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
sharply; harshly; stingingly
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
stickiness; gumminess; sticky material; clay
fat; tallow; lard; grease
slimy; slippery; (arch.) (moving) slowly