pirate; sea robber; buccaneer; freebooter
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
act of barbarity; barbarism; brutality; savagery
pulling up; drawing up; raising; increase; repatriation; evacuation
alert status; emergency alert
opening (the doors to an event, etc.); inauguration
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
with a clatter; with a rattle; empty; bare; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
scientific world; world of science; scientific circles; scientific community
notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties
excessively spacious; unduly wide; sprawling
professor; teaching; instruction
gulping down (a drink); guzzling; chugging; sloshing around (of liquid in one's stomach)
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
straight-laced person; stubborn person
accepting an order; receiving an order; orders received
feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles
refrigerator; cold; cool; cold sake
lukewarm; tepid; lenient; (arch.) slow; (arch.) stupid
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
to give and take; to make mutual concessions; to compromise
parallel lines; remaining far apart (e.g. in discussions); not reaching an agreement
barefaced (e.g. lie); shameless; transparent; pure white; very clear
sense of emptiness; empty feeling; feeling of meaninglessness
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with
exit (from a stage); exeunt; leaving; exit
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
exactly right!; indeed; damn straight
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
source of worry; source of distress
virtually empty; quite empty; inadequately defended; defenseless; defenceless
gasping for breath; puffing and panting; wheezing
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
to ram one's opponent head-first in the initial charge; to punch hard; to hit hard