unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen
what do you want?; can I help you?
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
dental caries; tooth decay
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
master inventor; king of inventors (e.g. Edison)
around here; hereabouts; (around) this point; about now
snowmelt; meltwater; melted snow
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
seedling; sapling; young tree
to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch
racking one's brains; worrying oneself; being anxious
political offence; political offense
accommodation; taking in; imprisonment; detention; containing (e.g. words in a dictionary); adding
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Tokyo and Hokkaido)
physical labor (esp. forced); strenuous manual labor; toil
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
to follow (someone's) example; to imitate; to copy; to learn (by observation)
Kumamoto (city, prefecture)
savage (barbaric) land; backward region; undeveloped area
charge-free; free of charge
coolie; laborer; labourer; carrier
receiving; acceptance; reception; admission
frightening; scary; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) exaggerated; (arch.) huge
each (person); everyone; individual; respective
aptitude; aptness; suitability
technical skill; ability; capacity
another prefecture; other prefectures
otherwise; or else; if not
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
prisoner (of war); POW; captive
to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
to fire (from a job); to sack; to dismiss