rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
to drop; to let fall; to omit
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
worn-out; run-down; shabby; tattered; dilapidated
violence; assault; rough (e.g. handling); reckless; rape; sexual assault
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
house hunting; searching an entire house; searching a house thoroughly
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
sanity; consciousness; soberness
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
sweeping conquest; sweeping over; conquering; invading
habu (Trimeresurus flavoviridis); yellow-spotted pit viper
interruption (e.g. of a conversation)
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
having worldly wisdom; worldly person; cosmopolitan
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
to be satisfied (with an explanation, apology, etc.); to be happy
eccentricity; eccentric behaviour
rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
worst; worst-case (scenario)
to cross one's mind; to be reminded
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
to appease; to suppress; to calm
to bump heads; to bump into each other; to collide head-on; to meet by chance; to encounter; to run into
to stare at each other; to lock eyes with
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
shooting from the hip; starting something without sufficient preparation; acting on a vague estimate (of the situation)
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to snatch from; to steal from