magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
with a loud smack; whack; slap; crack; snap
to avert one's eyes; to avoid looking straight at something; to cover one's eyes
courteous; decorous; polite
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
to get between; to be caught in
just now; a little while back; a short time ago
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to violate the law; to have a brush with the law; to have a run-in with the law
outsider; someone outside of a group
medicine; drug; chemical (agent); chemicals
private property; personal belongings; personal effects
to go too far; to go to excess; to carry too far
thick fog (of suspicion); black veil of secrecy; covered-up crime, unethical act, etc.
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
to clamber; to climb with hands and feet; to crawl up; to creep up
desktop; desk-top; tabletop; after-dinner speech
change to ...; becoming ...; making into ...; -ization; -ification
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
to swell up; to bulge; to swell (of a budget, population, etc.); to increase significantly; to balloon
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
to grow restive; to begin to act violently
Japan Self-Defense Forces; JSDF; self-defence force; self-defense force
mobilization; going into action; being dispatched; being sent out; being called in; turning out
out of control; out of hand; unmanageable
often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to
much less; to say nothing of
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
control; bringing under control; settling (a matter); putting in order
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
even if; even though; although one might say; although called
impossible to do (although wants to)
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded