unprecedented; never seen before
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
veteran (e.g. soldier); battle-hardened; seasoned; (of) long military service
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
innocent; childlike; guileless; free of malice; thoughtless; simple-minded
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
strong person; the strong; the powerful
maniac; enthusiast; fan; mania; craze
humorous; funny; amusing; enjoyable (e.g. life); pleasant; fun
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
to put together; to gather; to collect; to scrape together
to name; to call; to christen; to term
decoration; ornament; trimmings
apathy; indifference; listlessness; athymia
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
to shoot through (a wall, the heart, etc.); to go through; to pierce; to hit (e.g. the bull's-eye)
price; cost; value; worth; value
successively; one after another
to go past; to pass; to pass by
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
genuine; authentic; true; real
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
daring; fearless; audacious; bold; dauntless; daredevil
encounter; running into; meeting with (e.g. an accident); being confronted with (e.g. a difficulty)
slapping on (stamp, sticker); flopping down
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down; to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)
to shift; to move; to slide; to move (an appointment, meeting, etc.); to bring forward; to put back
difficult to ...; hard to ...
(formal) meeting with a view to marriage; interview with a prospective spouse
setting; installing; setting up (meeting, conference, etc.); stage setting; setting (of a novel, movie, play, etc.)
to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
Northern Europe; Nordic countries; Scandinavia
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
through (e.g. an intermediary, a medium); via; over (e.g. a network); across; by way of; by means of
being somewhat puzzled; looking somewhat baffled
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even