to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
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
8000; eight thousand; many
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
going bye-byes; going beddy-byes; baby; childish person (esp. a young woman)
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
to speak without hesitation or problems; to speak fluently or skillfully; to be talkative; to have a glib tongue
straw doll; straw figure; straw effigy
to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
to ask a question of (a person)
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
cheekbones; zygomatic bone; malar bone
savage; ferocious; atrocious
to stand on end; to bristle up; to be ruffled
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
de- (indicating reversal, removal, etc.); post-
murder; killing; murderer
male carer (at a nursery school, children's home, etc.); childcare worker
to tear off; to strip; to rob
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
than; other than; except; but
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
origin; beginning; source; rise
starvation; famine; hunger
to be born; to come into the world
grave; solemn; serious; harsh (e.g. truth); hard; strict
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
criminal condemned to death; convict on death row
bringing about; cause; provocation