being prepared for a theoretical (ideological) argument; being armed with theoretical backing
protection; defence; support; safeguarding; championship; vindication
click-clack; clickety-click; clicking sound; clattering sound
grasshopper; locust (of superfamily Acridoidea)
nylon track suit (when worn as street fashion); rattle-rattle; rustle-rustle; whisper-whisper
chillingly; shiveringly; with goosebumps; uncomfortably; restlessly
to tell; to announce; to declare; to pass (a sentence); to order
study group; study meeting
perm (hairstyle); permanent wave
to support (someone) financially; to finance; to supply (money); to present (money or gifts) to a monarch (feudal lord, etc.)
bulging (esp. stomach); sticking out
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
now that you say that; now that you mention it
crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
happiness in the next world; heavenly bliss; repose of one's soul
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
eagerly; earnestly; ardently
Namu Amida Butsu; Hail Amitabha Buddha; Homage to Amida Buddha
to dig up; to expose; to disclose
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
world; society; people; the public
to be intimate with; to befriend
first generation; founder
half-crying; being on the verge of crying
friendly; easy to get on with; easy to talk to; easy to like
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart
to serve as; to act as; to fill (the position of); to play the role of; to be in charge of; to hold (a position)
evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
intentionally; on purpose; deliberately; taking something into account
new land; new world; new sphere of activity
ship's captain; skipper; length of a ship; boatman