setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
very thick; seriously thick
d button; data button; button on a TV remote control for accessing programme information, weather, traffic, etc.
threshold; breaking point
fever (state of excitement)
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
knot (nautical mile per hour)
Asura; demigod; anti-god; titan; demigods that fight the Devas (gods) in Hindu mythology
ninjutsu; combat and stealth techniques used by ninja for espionage, sabotage, assassination, etc.
palm tree (any tree of family Arecaceae)
splendid; praiseworthy; admirable; well done!; bravo!
divorce; dissolution of adoption
two people alike; two of a kind; kissing cousins; cut from the same cloth
large amount of baggage; bulky baggage; cargo
rooting up (weeds, etc.); eradication; rooting out; stamping out
stealth; travelling incognito (traveling); ninjutsu; ninja; sneak theft; sneak thief; tolerance
glitter; glimmer; sparkle; twinkle
separate; scattered; apart
oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku, etc. stewed in soy-flavored dashi
egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
becoming a pupil (of); becoming an apprentice
to support each other; to support one another
whirlwind; sensation; commotion; hullabaloo
after having come this far; now that we've come this far
rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
tag (children's game); tig
to look down on; to make light of
to compete with; to vie for
to conquer (e.g. an enemy); to defeat; to overcome (a difficulty); to out-hit