rare (or peculiar) animal
fever (state of excitement)
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary
in tufts; tufty; bushy; thick; luxuriant
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
disrespect; irreverence; impiety; blasphemy; profanity
to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at
locomotor ataxia; difficulty walking or speaking (due to alcoholism, a stroke, etc.); someone with this problem
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
to be satisfied; to find peace of mind; to feel good
the proof of the pudding is in the eating; the proof is in the pudding; don't knock it till you've tried it; you can't tell unless you try
walking briskly; determinedly
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly
one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
in low spirits; dejected; sad
prescribed; designated; appointed; fixed
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
extra-large (clothing size); XL; language laboratory; LL
martial arts demonstration; martial arts training
street performer (comedian)
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
Committee of the National Diet
individual; private person; personal; private
supreme ruler; conqueror; champion; winner; titleholder
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
instant; moment; (split) second; (in a) flash; (in the) blink of an eye
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
handling (e.g. knife, reins); control; use; dealing with (e.g. customers); management; disposal (esp. sale of goods)
attacking one opponent then immediately attacking another
to mow down; to scythe down; to knock someone off their feet