something wrong; accident; change; abnormality; aberration
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
experimental; provisional
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
observation; survey; watching
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
to say; to be called; to do
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
how; in what way; how about; questionable
(staring) piercingly; (looking) hard
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
to get information; to find out; to get wind of
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate; to dress
prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling
to throw at; to turn; to raise
phala (attained state, result); enlightenment (as the fruits of one's Buddhist practice); fruit; counter for pieces of fruit
no wonder; little wonder; after all; as expected; which isn't surprising
especially; particularly; unusually; (arch.) additionally
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
one person; ordinary; common
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
hmmm; uh-huh; murmur indicating approval, comprehension, etc.
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
how long; how far; how much
to correct oneself; to restate
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
slightly (blushing); suddenly (getting bright, flaring up, flashing on, etc.); distractedly