receiving an electric shock
metallic sound; metallic clank
karaoke box; club with individual rooms that can be rented with karaoke machines
on the occasion of; at the time of
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
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)
to run into (room, building, etc.); to go for long training runs
gaudy; showy; garish; loud
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
to open; to unfold; to spread out
poly-; polyethylene; police; polyphonic
Marine Corps; Royal Marines
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
to regain one's breath; to catch one's breath
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
torii; Shinto shrine archway
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern
to face each other; to be opposite one another; to be in opposition; to conflict
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
lawlessness; injustice; wrong; outrageous; lawless; disorderly
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
to have a showdown; to settle (e.g. a dispute)
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
hidden (talents, etc.); self-concealment; self-effacement
indiscrete; imprudent; unscrupulous
living flesh; flesh and blood; physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
to rub against; to chafe; to quarrel