clear; plain; distinct; obvious; evident; articulate
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
to shake one's head (in denial)
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
transfer; redirection; transmission; forwarding (telephone call, e-mail, etc.)
grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
for the first time in one's life
distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
to coagulate; to curdle; to be fanatical; to be obsessed with; to stiffen; to become stiff
to take the form (of); to assume a shape
just above; right overhead
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
freedom of the person; personal freedom; personal liberty
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
pale; pallid; bluish-white
eyetooth; cuspid; canine (tooth); dogtooth
uncharacteristic; unbefitting; unworthy (of)
price; cost; value; worth; value
remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique; go-getter; resourceful person; wizard
funeral; burial rites; attendance at a funeral
to get strong; to gain strength
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
localized (pain, rainfall, etc.); local
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
formal dress; ceremonial dress; morning dress; evening dress; dress suit
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for