briskly; smartly; promptly; clearly; lucidly
reproduction; duplication; reprinting
resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace
to depend (on the situation); to be handled case by case
unconventional; unusual; outside-the-box
point of uncertainty; unclarified issue; doubt
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
just now; at this moment; at this point of time
capture; looting; plundering; abduction (using violence or threats); kidnapping
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base
crude; rough; plain; careless; disrespectful; without proper care
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
shamelessly; acting brazenly unaffected; being resigned to (disgrace)
desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable
reconciliation; peace; rapprochement
spiced sake (served at New Year's)
reception (e.g. of visitors); dealing with
to make (tea, coffee, etc.); to brew a beverage (with hot water)
lion; left-hand (stone) guardian lion-dog at a Shinto shrine
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
dash at the beginning of a short-distance race; charging ahead at full strength from the beginning
to admit fault; to admit one is wrong
science (natural sciences and related fields, incl. mathematics, engineering, medicine, etc.); faculties of science, engineering, medicine, etc. (at a university); science (as a school subject)
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
tweeting (of a bird); chirping; noisily (talking)
to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself
bargain sale; selling cheaply; selling at a low price; giving out (too) readily; handing out freely; selling (oneself) short
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
swigging; gulping down; guzzling; quaffing
to reseat oneself; to correct one's posture
elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article
mature woman; middle-aged woman
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
(divine) punishment; curse; retribution
to abuse; to exploit to the full; to give free rein to
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to cut (someone) down