reading aloud; recitation
heavily laden (of a branch); sagging; drooping; bent low
erotic novel; amorous novel; pornographic novel
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
I-novel; novel narrated in the first person
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
to take hold of; to possess; to haunt
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
impudent; shameless; brazen; forward; audacious; cheeky
desperately; for one's dear life
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
cumulative total; accumulated total; total up to now
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
counter for waves (of a repeated occurrence)
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
correlation; interrelation; intertwining
panel; wainscoting; wainscotting; plight; fix; bind
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
survival of the fittest; the law of the jungle; (lit.) the weak are meat the strong do eat
present continuous tense; present progressive form
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
future (usually near); prospects