letter (of alphabet); character; writing
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
most ominous; most sinister; most atrocious; most evil
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling
loop; shape of a hiragana "no"
big and round (eyes, shaven head, etc.)
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
rather; better; instead; if anything
such; like that; that sort of; very
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
no!; no no!; no, not at all
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
gadid (any fish of the family Gadidae, incl. cod, haddock, whiting and pollack); Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus)
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
teacher's desk; teacher's lectern
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
to fall down with a "plop"
pocket tissue; small package of tissues