to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
some people; a few people; several people
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
smirkingly; smugly; broadly
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
licking one's lips; licking one's chops
arrogant; haughty; stuck-up; arrogant bastard; snob
to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)
living thing; living creature; animal; life
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
to push aside; to push one's way through
to complain; to make a complaint
to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over
dead of night; shades of night; black of night
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
four legs; four-legged; quadruped
two legs; two feet; two pairs
handed-down order; issued instruction; word of command
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
much less; to say nothing of
ancestral spirit; collective of ancestral spirits which have lost their individualities; ancestor deified as a kami; spirit of a kami
entreaty; appeal; petition
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
to squash; to crush; to flatten
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
maintenance; preservation; improvement