demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
preference; priority; precedence
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
noisy; confused; uproarious
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing
back seat (of a car); rear seat
running parallel (to); running side-by-side; keeping pace (with)
plectrum; pick; drumstick for Japanese drums (e.g. taiko)
car; automobile; motorcar; motor vehicle; auto
vote; ballot; label; ticket; tag
blue cloth; blue ground; blue background
colouring; coloring; shade (of colour); flavour; nuance; feel
bad luck (result from fortune telling); evil countenance
decision; judgment; resolution
gossip; corner of the mouth
careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate
foreign; abroad; overseas
going through; going via; going by way of
general mobilization; general mobilisation
phone trace; detecting the source of a telephone call
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
decision; settlement; definition
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
to trample; to crush underfoot
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
steepness; steep place; harsh (look); sharp (tongue)
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
flying; leaping; zero; naught; flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo); running out of points (zero or fewer)
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
direct descent; direct line
descendant; posterity; offspring
major war; great war; world war
crater; caldera; burner (e.g. on a furnace)
owlet moth (members of the family Noctuidae); noctuid