to get slightly dirty (all over)
to change into; to be transformed; to be transfigured; to transform; to alter; to convert
spot; dot; place; location; (airport) apron; spot advertisement; spot advertising
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
participant; entrant; player; competitor
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
taking part on the spur of the moment; participating without registering beforehand; last-minute entrant; specking on flower petals
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era
former site (of something); site (e.g. of a demolished building)
to play a leading role; to play a central part
in the ground; in the earth; underground; subterranean
large hole; big deficit; heavy losses; long-shot win (in horse racing, etc.); big winnings (on a long shot)
based on; built on; made from
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
fear; horror; risk; danger; awe; reverence
one roll; one book; one volume; rolling once; wrapping once around
freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; eccentricity; person with unusual tastes; eccentric; oddball
to do (something negative); to make (a blunder); to commit (an error); to eat (up); to drink
to break the ice; to broach a subject; to bring up a topic
element (esp. component in electronics); elemental device; device; data; datum
reform; reformation; reorganization
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
to be sooty; to be stained
as one wishes; as one wants; to one's satisfaction
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
to manage something successfully; to be successful
to grow up; to become an adult
quarrel; dispute; argument
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
cooperation; conciliation; harmony; coordination
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
encouragement; promotion; inducement; incitement; stimulation
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
dissidents; troublemakers; disturbing elements
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
advocate (of a theory or principle); ideologist; -ist (i.e. adherent to a belief system); (arch.) socialist; (arch.) communist