effect; efficacy; validity; potency
business; things to do; engagement; errand; affairs
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
build; physique; frame; constitution
at the very beginning of one's speech; immediately upon opening one's mouth (to speak); before anything else; first of all
to be noisy; to be astir; to be abuzz; to be in commotion; to be aflutter; to be unsettled
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
unbearable; intolerable; insufferable
(not) very; (not) so; (not) very much; (not) particularly; (not) especially
to half-rise to one's feet
to have the privilege of doing
gunpowder magazine; magazine; explosives warehouse; (fig.) powder keg
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)
agonizing cries; pandemonium; two of Buddhism's hells
absentmindedly; vacantly; dully; to be unattractive; to be unsophisticated; to be unrefined
five-family unit; five-man group; quintet; (arch.) five-household neighborhood unit (for mutual aid, self-protection, etc.; Edo period)
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
small quarrel; dispute; run-in; issue; trouble
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
affectation; pretension; posturing; posing as; behaving as; acting like
to pulverize; to break into pieces; to beat to a pulp; to defeat completely; to crush
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
laws (of nature); (divine) providence
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
to firmly tighten (e.g. around neck, throat); to constrict; to strongly press (someone); to crack down on; to settle accounts
to approach; to draw near
vein (visible under the skin); bulging veins (esp. in the head)
to stand (something) up; to put upright; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to let out; to raise (a cloud of dust, smoke, etc.)
being present (at the same meeting, occasion, etc.); attendance (with); sitting with; same (seating) precedence; same rank
to have glazed eyes (when drunk, angry, etc.); to have glassy eyes
unexpected meeting; coincidence
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
I; me; self-centered man; egotistical man; pompous man
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price)