questionable; doubtful; suspicious
to exceed (by a lot); to (far) surpass; to end; to cease; to stop
feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles
detestable; abhorrent; loathsome
above all; especially; particularly; all the more
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
bringing; taking; carrying
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
to be boiled; to be cooked
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
if times were better; if one had been born at an earlier, more opportune time; if times had not changed; if I had my due
feudal lord; head of a household; proudly independent person
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot
capable of anything; liable to do
dental clinic; dental surgery
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
find it against one's conscience (to do); too proud (to do)
naginata; polearm with a curved single-edged blade (similar to a glaive); naginata; martial art of wielding the naginata
dental calculus (calcified deposits that accumulate on the teeth); tartar (of the teeth)
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
periodic medical check-up (examination)
several times; a few times
bulky; unwieldy; haughty; high-handed
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view