sense of humor; sense of humour
comical (story, song); comic; the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.); something laughable
program (e.g. TV); programme
overflowing; flood; inundation; oversupply; plethora
prime minister; chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.); premier
general policy speech; speech held by the Prime Minister of Japan at the start of a special or extraordinary Diet session
deadly serious; deadly earnest
everywhere; at every turn
to be rich in; to abound in; to be abundant in; to be rich; to be wealthy
whole house; whole audience
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain; England
nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of
disaster film; disaster movie
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to burn hotly; to burn redly; to lose one's temper; to get mad; to be upset
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
great war; great battle; world war
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
Heike family; Taira family; The Tale of the Heike; chanting of the Heike Monogatari
family; relatives; dependents; household
military forces; hosts; troops
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family
white flag; truce flag; surrender flag
to surround; to crowd around
already; now; no longer; not any more
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
to cling tearfully to (someone)
rare; strange; odd; peculiar
man from eastern Japan (esp. Edo or elsewhere in the Kanto region)
calm; composed; cool; quiet