principal occupation; main job; professional; an expert; I (of a government official, etc.); me
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
to jump about; to jump around; to bounce about; to romp about
shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!
before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later
human-wave tactics; throwing people at a problem
to pull around; to drag around; to take around; to show around
channel; duct; passage; watercourse; flow channel
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be given an award; to be gifted or endowed (e.g. with a talent); to be blessed (e.g. with a child); to be initiated (e.g. into a secret)
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
lord of a manor; estate steward
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
single seater (e.g. boat, aeroplane, airplane)
raft; forearm protector; skewered baby-eel kabayaki
going downstream (in a boat)
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
to risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line; to step forward (to do); to give one's all
in all sincerity; with one's whole heart; whole-hearted devotion
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
subtleties; niceties; fine points; subtle; sensitive
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
to disappear; to vanish; to abscond; to decamp
to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)
he; she; samurai's attendant (in a var. of origami); type of popular song accompanied by dance from the Edo period
imp; elf; pixie; goblin; devilkin
kind; variety; (biological) species; (logical) species
Nephila clavata (an Oriental species of golden orb-weaving spider); Argiope amoena (an Oriental species of orb-weaving spider); wasp spider (Argiope bruennichi)
each (every) time; whenever
accepting an order; receiving an order; orders received
outside the city area; suburbs
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon