-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
quarrel; dispute; argument
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
members; member; constituent
to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry
distinction; differentiation; classification
video camera; video camcorder
to raid; to launch an attack; to invade
binoculars; field glasses
God only knows what may happen
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
one turn; one round; (a) size; to go around; to make a circuit; twelve years
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
Molotov cocktail; petrol bomb; gasoline bomb
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
crushing (into pieces); smashing; cracking; breaking up
from out of nowhere; from who knows where
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
detonator; priming; primer; trigger; impetus; spark
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
to become serious; to take something seriously (joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (usu. at something trivial); to get worked up
vice versa; also the converse; reverse is true
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; bank
flash (of light); glint; schiller
to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
newcomer; initiate; rookie
shortage of talented people; shortfall in human resources
serious; severe; grave; acute
young man (in the Edo period, esp. one with forelocks who has not yet had his coming-of-age ceremony); young male prostitute; young kabuki actor (who may also act as a homosexual prostitute); younger partner in a homosexual relationship
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on); to zero in (on)