carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand
polite; respectful; reverent
to push (something) against
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
to crack (person's voice); to squeak
famous; well-known; renowned; your name
to be; to exist; to be (honorific copula)
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
flickering; flashing on and off; glaringly (bright); painfully (bright); prickling (pain)
switching on and off (of a light); flashing; blinking; flickering
shore; bank (of a body of water)
to crowd (a house); to throng to (a door)
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
beach; water's edge; coastline; national border; before entering the country
left breast; left side of the chest
to become calm; to die down
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to cross one's mind; to be reminded
(no matter) who; everyone; anyone; nobody
to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to
anything and everything; just about everything
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
name; given name; first name
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
shoal; shallows; sand bar; ford
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
ruffian; scoundrel; rogue; rascal; villain; hoodlum
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
difficult to ...; hard to ...