shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
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)
still; even now; to this day
foolhardy; reckless; fearless
to change; to alter; to run counter to; to go against; to make a mistake (in); to err
crown (of head); summit (of mountain); easy win for one; something received
rotary; roundabout; traffic circle; rotary; rotating
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
car painted with anime characters
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
statue; picture; picture revealing character
difficult to ...; hard to ...
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
to be satisfied; to find peace of mind; to feel good
to return evil for good; to return a favour with spite (favor)
to be opposite; to face each other
to take back; to recapture
because of; owing to; due to
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
to (keep in) mind; to give heed to; to pay attention to
declaration of war; proclamation of war
deep emotion; strong feelings
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
future prospects; promise
three; three years of age
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
many; a lot; much; multitude
speculatively buying a rice harvest, while the fields are still green; recruiting of university students before the agreed date
land made arable by the slash-and-burn method; swidden; slash-and-burn farming
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
introduced species; non-native species; alien species
to be possessed by a god; to not act like oneself; to behave oddly; to be awesome; to be extreme
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
chemical reaction; generation of an unexpected result from combining things
to have meaning; to be meaningful
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers