dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
extreme excitement; sidesplitting laughter
eradication; extermination; rooting out; stamping out; getting rid of
party (political); person who is fond of; fan of
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
wickedness; evil; iniquity; wrongness
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
bowl (wooden); counter for bowls of food or drink
to come to one's senses; to calm down
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
well; in good health; safe; free from accident
return; conclusion; reduction
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus); sardine
pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus); sardine
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
cordiality; attentiveness; politeness
several people; a few people
companion; comrade; escort; member of a party; fellow traveller; fellow traveler
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
the human body; one's person
various countries; various regions; various provinces
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
romantic story; colorful story; colourful story; highly embellished story