final stage; final stretch; live printing area (in publishing); gallery (in a theatre); driving (animals, fish, etc.); herding
guarantee of safety; ensuring safety
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
inquiry; enquiry; investigation; (police) interview; questioning (e.g. witness, suspect); hearing
cheering in chorus; saying in unison
innumerable; countless; numberless
occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture
as you see; as you can see; in accordance with what you see
surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
half; biracial person (esp. half-Japanese); person of mixed parentage; half (of a game); halfback; 9-hole half (of a round)
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusing; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
violence; assault; rough (handling, language, etc.); reckless; rape; sexual assault
senior; elder; person older than oneself
willpower; energy; vitality
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
intimidating air; sense of intimidation
gorilla (Gorilla spp., esp. western gorilla, Gorilla gorilla)
golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana)
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
to fall off; to tumble down
to bring (someone into a place); to lead into
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out
last week; the week before
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
arbitration; intercession; mediation
to pretend; to act (as if)
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)