barrette; hair clip; hair slide; hair band
unmarried; not yet married
sound of voice; vocal sound
with a plunge (of something sharp into something soft); with a thrust; with a stab
to kick over; to kick down
without delay; promptly; immediately; forthwith
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor; (lit.) to touch the scale on a dragon's throat
to become enraged; to blow one's top; to lose it; to flip out
arrogant; haughty; stuck-up; arrogant bastard; snob
to be affected; to put on airs; to pose
anniversary of a person's death; monthly return of the date of someone's death
to proceed with things; to carry out; to do
Don (Spanish honorific); bigwig; important person
perception; sensing; noticing
living thing; organism; creature; biology
inconsistency; discord; conflict; discrepancy; contradiction; failure
to settle a matter; to get even with someone
to stay calm; to keep cool
to become a wandering ghost; to appear as a spirit
memento (esp. of a deceased person); keepsake; heirloom; remembrance; souvenir
red coral (Corallium japonicum)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; by the way
children's game in which three or more stand back-to-back in a circle and jostle
one's own strength and skill alone (without money, connections, etc); nothing to rely on but oneself; (being) self-made
chivalrous spirit; chivalry
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
to create (a sensation); to cause (a commotion); to give rise to (controversy); to raise (a cloud of dust); to kick up (dust)
pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
ridge (in field); row of raised earth when planting crops; rib (cloth, mountains, sea); cord (e.g. corduroy)
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
in groups of twos and threes; in small groups; (lit.) (in groups of) threes and fives
ratio; proportion; percentage
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to be helpful
to force one's way through
downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes
up-and-down motion; vertical movement (e.g. in an earthquake)
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment