ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
to tear off; to rip off; to peel off
avenue; boulevard; tree-lined street
to appear; to start to appear; to show signs of appearing
to be lacking in options; to be too few
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
to shake; to waver; to tremble
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
H; h; indecent; lewd; (having) sex; nth year in the Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
pink (colour, color); (lit.) colour of peach (flowers)
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
payment of a sum twice the original; giving back a gift double the value of the one received; repaying twofold; inflicting a revenge twice as hurtful (painful, costly, etc.) as the original misdeed
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)
chopping block; springboard for discussion; draft proposal; tentative plan
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
to exert oneself and win; to gain (victory)
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
(degree of) seriousness; level of commitment
egoistic; selfish; self-willed
marks; points; score; number of items; number of articles
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
(historical) investigation
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
standardization; uniformalization
reduction by half; halving
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt
to run swiftly; to dash; to rush; to race
system; organization; organisation; architecture
to assemble; to set up; to construct
vertical axis; vertical line; vertical shaft; spindle; connection between past and present
to be deeply impressed; to take to heart; to engrave on one's heart; to bear in mind; (lit.) to engrave in one's liver
leveling up; raising the level (of); boosting; improving; improvement; rising to the next level
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about