bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
slow; clumsy; stupid; irritating
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
snappingly; with a snap; merely ...; having just ...
self control; self restraint
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
suffocation; choking; asphyxia
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
migratory bird; bird of passage
to take hold of; to possess; to haunt
tonkatsu; breaded pork cutlet
laconic; of few words; reticent; quiet
ghost; revenant; spirit (of the dead); departed soul
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
reckless; daredevil; frantic; foolhardy
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
to be preeminent; to be outstanding
mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; banal
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
tending to anemia; being somewhat anemic
to look downwards; to lower one's eyes
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
not worth considering; out of the question
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone