new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
hateful; detestable; loathsome
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
dull (e.g. of movement or reaction); sluggish
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
such; this sort of; like this
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
action of making something; -ification
bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste
devil; evil spirit; genie
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
encroachment; erosion; corrosion
fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
uneven; irregular; non-uniform; unsorted; odd; miscellaneous
heaven and earth; the universe; top and bottom; gods of heaven and earth
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
sinus; cavity; antrum; neighborhood (administrative division in North Korea)
such ... as; or some such
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
environment; circumstance
selection; choice; option
to take shape; to look good enough to be shown publicly
to be perturbed; to be agitated
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe