out of control; out of hand; unmanageable; nothing one can do
same generation; one's generation
creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross
snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)
disagreeable; unpleasant; nasty; detestable; sarcastic; snide
to call in; to invite; to bring in
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
vocation; lifework; sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation); prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)
actual profit; practical use; benefit
no objection; nothing to criticize (criticise)
to crawl towards; to creep up to
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
speaking of ...; as for ...
religious exultation; ecstasy
to decorate gaudily; to overdecorate; to deck out; to embellish
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically
beyond comparison; incomparable
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
business world; business circles; (the) industry
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
war or military record; score; military achievements; results
deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair, etc.); grip (e.g. of death)
strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit
sense of helplessness; feeling of powerlessness
one by one; one at a time; in turn
to claim victims; to leave casualties
soon; shortly; before long; having no time to ...; with no time to ...
source of river; fountainhead
to demolish; to tear down; to pull down
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to kill; to choke the life out of
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...