pinch; crisis; tough spot; clothespin
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
jet; spray; injection; jet propulsion
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
value; worth; virtue; blessing
speaking with a trill; rolling one's r's
present continuous tense; present progressive form
splash; spray; chance blow; by-blow; getting dragged into (a quarrel, etc.)
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
execution; carrying out; performance; lead monk performing various tasks in a temple
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
essential part; indispensable part; unavoidable part; front and back matter (of a book, magazine, etc.)
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
smirkingly; smugly; broadly
act of barbarity; barbarism; brutality; savagery
languid; weary; listless; melancholy
final coat (of paint, plaster, varnish, etc.); finish; glazing; adding more of the same (of something negative, e.g. shame)
critical point (temperature)
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
to fly around; to scatter
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
to start the debate; to get the ball rolling; to fire the first shot; to start a conversation
glossy black hair; green hair
to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
nice; likeable; desirable
to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
to amuse oneself; to make merry
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
to brew (sake, etc.); to cause; to bring on; to bring about
extreme foolishness; grave stupidity; big fool; damn idiot; utter fool
friend and foe; enemies and allies; both sides