check station; checkpoint
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
echo (esp. one reverberating in the mountains); mountain god; mountain guardian deity
ninjutsu; combat and stealth techniques used by ninja for espionage, sabotage, assassination, etc.
passing each other; missing (meeting) each other; failing to meet; (being at) cross purposes; discrepancy
various places; several sources
founder; originator; pioneer
second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
(in the) same boat; (sharing a) common destiny
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
not holding on; not using the hands; letting go one's hold; lack of reserve (in expressing one's emotions); lack of restraint; openly (saying)
multilateral; many-sided; diversified
hereditary disposition; temperament; nature; (arch.) body build
on board a ship; aboard a ship
private person; individual
human intellect; knowledge
to have one's name entered (in a list)
ten (long cylindrical things)
papier mâché; something that looks good superficially
frame; framework; outline
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
cut off; cut out; ablation; resection; surgical removal
to suck (or draw) out; to aspirate
applications; uses; how to operate; operation procedures
making do; getting by (somehow); managing
can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
adoration; admiration; devotion
founder of a religious sect
wild enthusiasm; being crazy about
unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking
to border; to fringe; to hem; to edge