confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent
performance; appearance (in a stage, film, TV show, etc.)
chitter; chatter; giggle; screeching; squealing
as good as dead; might as well be dead; more dead than alive
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable
application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment
to expose; to lay open (e.g. secret); to take apart; to disassemble; to kill; to murder; to dress (meat)
or; OR (Boolean operator)
Akutagawa Prize (literary award)
taking no notice (of); thinking nothing of; disregarding; not aware of; completely ignoring; being out of consideration
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting
to use one thing for several purposes; to use the same thing on multiple occasions; to work someone hard; to order around; to boss
to clamber (up); to scale
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out
to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)
to sit up straight; to straighten one's posture; to straighten up
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
third year of high school; third-year high-school student
female high-school student
fall; sinking; surrender; capitulation
to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)
to swell; to expand; to inflate; to bulge
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
city councillor; city councilor; city assemblyman
thorough; exhaustive; complete
postwar period; period after Second World War