overly serious; serious to a fault; humorless
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
to bear responsibility for; to be liable for; to answer for; to take the blame for
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
to startle; to surprise; to astonish; (lit.) to make (someone) say "oh!"
rare; strange; odd; peculiar
difficult to ...; hard to ...
form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
novel; original; striking; strange; eccentric; fantastic
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
proposal; proposition; suggestion
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
what time; (lit.) which hour
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury
to be familiar; to learn by ear; to pick up knowledge
cheekbones; zygomatic bone; malar bone
dark (color); concentrated; thick
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
to refer to; to use as reference
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
large-scale work; voluminous work; monumental work; great work; masterpiece
Kumamoto prefecture (Kyushu)
clerk; secretary; writing down; putting on record
infantry; infantryman; foot soldier