to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
to overhear; to hear (secondhand); to hear on the grapevine; to know by hearsay
trouble; bother; annoyance
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
far and away the best; the very best; cream of the crop; crème de la crème; decisive lead; commanding lead
falsehood and truth; fiction and fact
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
authenticity; credibility
picking out; choosing; picking (someone) up (in a vehicle); pickup (in a record player); (phono) cartridge; pickup (truck)
dependability; credibility; coefficient of confidence
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
skim reading; reading a text diagonally (to reveal a hidden word or message)
to assemble; to put together; to set up; to form (words, sentences, etc.)
car; vehicle; van; (train) car; carriage
interception; counter-attack
submersible; (small) submarine
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
(the) ignorant masses; untaught populace; unlearned people
manageable; tractable; easy to care for; easy to deal with; easy to handle
ability; capability; skill
to be befuddled (with drink); to be intoxicated; to be infatuated; to be entranced; to be carried away
human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
human wave attack; human wave tactics; throwing people at a problem
if there is a chance; if possible; if circumstances permit; if things go well; if luck is on my side
being beyond recovery; having no hope of recovery
extermination of insect pests; pest control
talk; story; conversation
narrow-minded; intolerant; petty
Inaba (former province located in the east of present-day Tottori Prefecture)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends
with a thwack; wack; thump; conspicuously (of a hole, bulge, dent, etc.); gapingly; yawningly
all-purpose; utility; universal; all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent