advocate; disputant; debater; (present) writer; author
remaining silent; keeping secret
slight; thin; on the weak side
unbearable; intolerable; insufferable
(the condition of) one's health
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot
to talk down; to corner someone in an argument
not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work
to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
police; policeman; police officer
to be overawed; to be overpowered; to lose the mental battle
(moral) backbone; spirit; soul; grit
as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit
first of all; in the first place; to begin with; for starters
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
one act (play, etc.); scene; event
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
rest; break; recreation; recuperation; convalescence
courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
shout of abuse; jeers; boos
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
poor farmer; needy peasant
persistence; single-mindedness
audio tape; magnetic tape
white; striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus); speech; one's lines; white dragon tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles; (arch.) white person
thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder
to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
role of a villain (film, drama, etc.); bad-guy role; social outcast role
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for