shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
doing as one is told; yes-man
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
reaction; response; reaction
nothing but; nothing more than; nothing less than
no good; not allowed; not acceptable; outtake; blooper; retake
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
at someone's (something's) mercy
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
linkage; entanglement; involvement; relationship; interaction
timetable (esp. a weekly school timetable); schedule
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
equal match; good match; fair match; equal in ability; being a worthy rival
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
to hate the very sight of; to hold a grudge against; to treat like an enemy; to bear constant enmity; to be gunning for; to have it in for
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
outrageous; monstrous; appalling; inordinate; overambitious
ass; arse; rear; end; acupuncture point; hole
to beat vigorously; to rain strikes upon someone; to tan someone's hide; to mercilessly pummel; to beat the daylights out of
execution; punishment; spanking
to behave like a spoiled child; to behave like a spoilt child; to fawn on; to depend and presume upon another's benevolence
hard (life); tough (world)
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress
spring; spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
Blood Pond; pool of blood; pond of blood (in hell)
haniwa; hollow unglazed terracotta figure from the Kofun period
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
furthermore; besides; moreover; in addition; further; above or beyond this
standing on formality; in a reserved manner; treating a friend as a stranger; unduly distant; formal
to approach; to draw near
fascinating; voluptuous; bewitching; captivating
spine; backbone; spinal column
one's nature; characteristic; inherent; natural
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
living abroad; life overseas