astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
memory; ability to remember
performing without rehearsal
to volunteer; to undertake a challenge
looks (esp. of a woman); features; ability; capability; (public) estimation (esp. of a man); credit
in good condition; in fine shape; glib; slick; harmonious; melodious
to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
fast approach; quick intimacy
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
free time; time at leisure
one's post; place of work; workplace
history of; experience of
good young man; agreeable youth
being bad at communication; being unsociable
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
filtration; filtering; percolation
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
Alice band; horseshoe-shaped hairband made of metal or plastic (often covered with cloth); Katyusha rocket launcher (Soviet)
devastating; catastrophic; crushing
to guffaw; to roar with laughter; to laugh heartily
cackling (sound of shrill laughter)
resigning to another's will; going along without resistance; doing as another wants
to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of
rudely (barging in); straight; directly; without hesitation; without permission
to push aside; to brush aside
violence; assault; rough (e.g. handling); reckless; rape; sexual assault
foundation (garment, cream, etc.)
to bedaub (with paint); to besmear; to paint heavily; to spread thickly
chamber maid; female servant; area around the hips; waist area
short sword; dagger; stiletto; hour hand (of a clock)
to insert; to put in; to plant (a cutting); to strike; to arrange (flowers); to wear (a sword) in one's belt
beautiful woman; beauty; belle
gallant; brave; imposing; awe-inspiring; severe; biting
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
coercion; overpowering; to overpower; to overawe; to daunt
finish; end; completion; result
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
finger flick to the forehead
bowl; pot; flowerpot; crown; brainpan
getting big laughs just from appearing on the stage (or screen, etc.)
to refuse; to decline; to deny
grip; having all the cards needed to form a scoring combination in one's hand