top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
to start making a noise; to start making an uproar; to go berserk
unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
flame; blaze; fire; attack; aggression
to fall flat; to fall face down
unique; peculiar; singular
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
troop headquarters; stronghold; inn designated for use by a daimyo (Edo period)
to act timid (about doing); to show diffidence; to feel ashamed; to feel guilty
arrogance; insolence; disrespect
imperial palace; shrine; Grand Empress Dowager; Empress Dowager; woman of imperial lineage who has borne a child; elderly woman of imperial lineage
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
coming to a head; coming to the surface; becoming an issue; breaking
carrying (child) under arm
barrette; hair clip; hair slide; hair band
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment
universal medicine; cure-all; panacea
to throw (liquid) at; to dash; to inundate (with questions); to heap (praise); to hurl (abuse)
serious wound; serious injury
to be detained; to take time
the first and second; a few
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
to like; to love; to be fond of
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
rooting up (weeds, etc.); eradication; rooting out; stamping out
cold (attitude); indifferent; unsympathetic; aloof
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
fortress; stronghold; citadel
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
adultery; fornication; illicit intercourse