personality; character; individuality; personhood
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
ironist; sarcastic person; sharp tongue; satirist
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
every single word and phrase; word by word
to differ; to be different; to run counter to; to change (into something out of the ordinary)
high grade; special grade; classy
only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be
realm of the dead; the other world; underworld; hell
petty (minor) official (derogatory term)
urban areas; the streets; town; city
labyrinth; maze; mystery; dungeon
to sit at a desk (to study); to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
physical distribution; distribution of goods; logistics
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
wherein; therein; thereinto
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
to keep one's temper; to maintain one's composure; to remain calm; to keep presence of mind; to preserve one's equilibrium
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
great war; great battle; world war
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
to vacate; to surrender (e.g. a castle); to give up (e.g. a position); to hand over (e.g. power)
time; season; period; phase; stage
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
enmity; antagonism; hostility
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
hostility; animosity; enmity
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
filthy; dirty (looking); drab