popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
smoothly; with a slipping or sliding motion
stone wall; dry wall; rocky cliff; stone precipice
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
backlight (in photography, etc.); illumination (of the subject) from behind
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
fierce; intense; severe; violent; strong; vehement
to hide; to conceal oneself
without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly
to run off; to break into a run; to start running
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
unique flavor (flavour); (degree of) flavouring; distinctive quality; special charm
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
combination; union; incorporation; congruence
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
to impersonate someone; to go under a false name; to make fraudulent use of someone's name
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to take by deception; to defraud someone of; to swindle someone out of; to cheat someone out of
Europeans and Americans; Westerners
ancient Shinto music and dancing
ryotei; traditional Japanese restaurant (esp. a luxurious one)
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
getting rich quick; making a killing; making a fortune at a single stroke
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
rail (track); (curtain) rail; track (for a sliding door); groundwork; spadework
to detain; to keep; to lock up; to retain; to leave (letter) till called for
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
rolling stock; railroad cars; wheeled vehicles
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
state of the war; war situation