near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
lately; recently; nowadays
poisonous air; poisonous gas; poisonous ingredient; poisonous nature; malice; spite
story; tale; talk; discussion
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
to rebound; to recoil; to splash; to have a repercussion; to have a reciprocal effect
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)
party (political); person who is fond of; fan of
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
of no interest; not interested
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
dispute; conflict; trouble; strife
vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment; vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
force (bulldoze) one's way through
succeeding; following; trailing; next
supply; supplying; replenishment
still; as yet; as it has been
to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) you (in reference to someone of lower status)
grumbling; muttering; nonsense
busily; sedulously; laboriously; feverishly; fussily; worrying (about little things)
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
each day; from day to day; day-to-day
willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling
whim; vagary; capriciousness; eccentricity
to cramp up; to tighten; to be insistent; to persist (in one's opinion); to act tough; to bluff; to prop up (e.g. with a post)
to put on a bold front; to act big; to be unyielding; to act formally; to act stiffly
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
being quick-eared; having sharp ears; being first to know about something
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
woman; female; feminine gender