coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
police; police officer; police station
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
wrong; groundless; different; separate; unexpected; surprising
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
worst; worst-case (scenario)
insipid; flat; dull; lifeless; listless
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
dumbfounded; in mute amazement
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
early on; earlier on; from early
rustic simplicity; homeliness; unsophisticated; naive; honest; simple
life; living; I; me; student
to strip; to peel; to tear off
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
instant; moment; for an instant
timewise; temporal; chronal
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction