to run about frantically trying to escape; to run this way and that to make one's escape
biting louse (any louse of order Mallophaga); small winged insect (esp. a flying ant or termite)
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; school; phylum; division; counter for cannons
cannot do a thing; feeling handcuffed; being at the end of one's tether; being at one's wit's end
easy; easygoing; carefree; happy-go-lucky; optimistic; leisurely
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
aria; singing; chanting; reciting (e.g. a spell)
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); because ...; for good reason; there is a (good) reason that ...
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
perfect; ideal; completely satisfactory; leaving nothing to be desired; faultless; impeccable
lacking skill; uninspiring; unexciting; dull; unrefined; boring (from being too plain)
to shake; to waver; to tremble
blank space (in a document); blank; void; whitespace
chance (of success); odds
unsightly; ungraceful; clumsy; awkward; unpresentable; unshapely
insurrection; riot; uprising; rebellion; revolt
exact calculation; squaring of accounts; adjustment
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
opening and closing; opening and shutting
side entrance; tradesman's entrance; service entrance; staff entrance
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
to be hot on a person's heels
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
to (keep in) mind; to give heed to; to pay attention to
to slip out (e.g. from one's fingers); to cleanly forget
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
to be unable to stand; to be weak in the knees; to be paralyzed (e.g. with fear) (paralysed); to be dumbfounded
moment by moment; hour by hour
deterioration; getting worse; worsening; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
remaining an idle spectator; looking on unconcernedly (doing nothing)
loud laughter (esp. by a group of people); roar of laughter; raucous laughter