guarding; guard; railway bridge (over a road); (railroad) overpass; flyover
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
numbskull; dimwit; idiot; fool; dope
to play a leading role; to play a central part
human relations; personal relationships
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
to gather; to collect; to assemble
magic; sorcery; incantation
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
combat power; fighting strength
leader; leaders; dotted line; reader (textbook); reader (i.e. a person who reads); microreader
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
rule; domination; direction; management; control (of one's destiny, public opinion, etc.); governing
outrageous; wild (ambition, idea, etc.); crazy; inordinate; extravagant (e.g. claims); audacious
calculating; mercenary; selfish; self-interested
active; positive; progressive; anode
noisily (crowd of people talking); clamorously; in a hubbub; jabberingly; chatteringly; buzzingly
quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
independent; autonomous; voluntary; of one's own initiative
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
accomplice; conspirator; cohort
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
ceiling; ceiling (e.g. of share price); ceiling price
young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
schedule; program; calendar
table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
bloodthirsty killer; cold-blooded murderer; homicidal maniac