high-spirited; cheerful; assertive; vigorous
to scatter away; to vanish
looks (esp. of a woman); features; ability; capability; (public) estimation (esp. of a man); credit
to live; to make a living; to get on with
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
plunking (down something heavy); flumping (into a chair)
to press for an answer; to shower questions on someone
self-determination; suicide
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
to be spattered by blood from one's victim; to suffer a reaction; to receive a backlash
jack; knave; (electrical) jack; hijack; hijacking
shooting from the hip; starting something without sufficient preparation; acting on a vague estimate (of the situation)
extremely gruesome; lurid; violent; bloody; fierce
to adjoin each other; to be beside one another
nonchalantly; without a care
with a crunching or grinding sound; quickly; promptly; crispily; crunchily
reinforcement (e.g. of troops)
tag; label; game of tag; tag-team match; working together as a team
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
spelling; orthography; patching; binding
mirror surface; lens surface
distinctly (standing out); clearly; in sharp relief; boldly
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
based on; on the basis of
duty; function; office; mission; task
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa); Japanese era name
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
chief; main; principal; major
secretariat; executive office
great war; great battle; world war
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
distortion (often used for caricature in manga, etc.); deformation
to strike (gold, oil, etc.); to find (e.g. buried treasure); to dig up