obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
before one knows it; without realizing; unawares; unnoticed
to mark with a dot (point)
being preoccupied with; being obsessed; only thinking of; having only ... on one's mind
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
body; group; party; gang; troupe; troop
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
fervour; fervor; vigour; vigor; ardour; ardor
konpeitō; small coloured sugar candy covered with tiny bulges
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
mix; mixed-race person; multiracial person
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
to vacuum; to clean with a vacuum cleaner
to cover up the sky (e.g. smoke)
closing of a gate; (Edo-period) house confinement
lightly; gaping wide; suddenly; unexpectedly
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
contrary to one's expectations
sky; air; ether; firmament; the heavens
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
play; sport; romp; frolic; joke; prank
by sheer strength; by brute force
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment