inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive
trembling or quavering voice
exemplar; model; example; pattern
tone (of voice); parlance; style; intonation; accent
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
field; farm; rural; agricultural; stray (e.g. dog, cat); unauthorised (esp. smartphone application)
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
for work; for manufacturing
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
of good character; kindhearted; good-natured
hands-on learning; on-the-job training; experiential learning; learning by doing
to strike dead; to beat to death
quickly, suddenly (while one is watching); before one's eyes
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
to quicken; to speed up; to gather speed
grandfather; male senior-citizen
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
easily; readily; with ease; without trouble
to take care of; to bring up under one's personal care; to kill with one's own hands; to do personally; to handle (e.g. a job); to request that someone deal with (something)
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
respiratory tract; air duct
error; mistake; slip; bug
to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together; to compete against somebody; to play (a game, match, etc.) against somebody
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
land of the gods; Japan; Heaven
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
something's wrong (with someone); not right (in the head); not oneself; crazy; nuts
besides; moreover; in addition
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)
to gather strength; to take heart
to jostle; to shove and push; to struggle with one another
rising to action; standing up against; jumping to one's feet