young person; youth; young
strongest (candidate); likeliest (winner); top (suspect)
recommendation (of a person for a position); nomination
to get the short end of the stick; to get the bad end of a bargain
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
travelling incognito (of a person of high rank); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
many people; a large number of people
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
to yield; to give way to; to make way for
naturally; of course; understandably
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
while; during; performed in this condition
as usual; as always; as ever; as before; still
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc., esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; expectation; anticipation
brothers and sisters; siblings
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
several times; once or twice
to burn; to scorch; to singe; to char
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; quality; inherent characteristic; property
kind person; warmhearted person; sympathetic person
the latter; the second; successor; descendant
coming to a head; coming to the surface; becoming an issue; breaking
to overflow from something full
for the first time in one's life
vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
noisy; confused; uproarious
impudent; brazen; shameless; bold
reset; fresh start; new beginning
wasteland; wilderness; abandoned land; devastated land
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
first and last (time, chance, etc.); (the) only
to keep standing; to stand motionless