will (urge) to create; creative urge; appetite for writing
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
extempore; impromptu; improvised; ad-lib; off-the-cuff; instant
police box; koban; alternation; alternating (current, stress, etc.)
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
tearing limb from limb; tearing apart; cutting (a person) to pieces
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
to straighten up; to sit upright
to have gooseflesh (e.g. from cold or horror)
to beat someone to the punch; to get the drop on (someone); to forestall
naturally; of course; understandably
to launch a surprise attack
to send or direct a person to
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
surname; family name; last name
graduation ceremony; commencement
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
looking for something; searching for something; object being sought
it's not like; it isn't as if
to rebuke; to scold harshly
discontinuation (of business); closing down; giving up (one's practice); retiring
breakdown of negotiations
to come uninvited; to crash (a party); to butt in
measurement error; calculation error
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
to be flabbergasted; to be dumbfounded
study subject; course of study; department (university, etc.)
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
leading; prominent; eminent; counting on one's fingers
orpiment; gamboge; falsification; alteration
to be to the point; to be pertinent
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
to get used to; to become accustomed to; to be at home (on the stage)
to check through; to thoroughly investigate
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
how much; how many; what amount; what extent