to accomplish; to achieve; to complete; to carry out; to carry through
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
mumblingly; mutteringly; unintelligibly
occurring in succession; doing in succession; firing in rapid succession; volley of shots; volley (of questions, abuse, etc.); stream
whispering into a person's ear
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
oh, OK; oh, I see; oh, yeah?; hmm
hating; strongly disliking
(in spite of) being old enough to know better
with a click (of a button or switch); with a snap; crisply; one (small protrusion, hole, etc.); single; shortly
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
to blow out; to spout out
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to repeat; to do over again
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
electricity; (electric) light
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
pride (in one's achievements, possessions, etc.); self-praise; boast
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to finish; to get through with; to graduate; to come to an end; to end; to finish doing ...
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
snapping (e.g. book shut); clapping; crackling; pachinko
rucksack; knapsack; backpack
to be packed (with); to be filled; to be blocked (of a pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to be become shorter; to shrink; to be at a loss (for)
with a clatter; with a rattle; persistently (complaining, etc.); annoyingly; messy; cluttered
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed
with a click; with a snap; ornamental clip (hair, obi, etc.)
to snap one's fingers; to pop one's fingers; to crack one's knuckles