vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
to take someone's life; to kill someone
freezing; turning into ice; freezing; locking up; freezing (in one's tracks); frieze (part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice)
to name; to call; to christen; to term
next; next person; room adjoining a noble's parlor
dress; attire; clothing; getup; outfit; personal appearance
wild beast; wild animal; brute
sheltered upbringing; person who has had a sheltered upbringing; (lit.) hothouse upbringing
vulgar expression; vulgarism
near; close by; within reach; familiar
to come off; to slip down; to slip off
father-in-law; foster father; stepfather
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
violence; reckless action; (an) outrage
shameless; infamous; disgraceful
true state; actual condition; reality
unwillingly; reluctantly; against one's will
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
gentlemen; men; the men's (sign on toilet, bathroom, etc. doors)
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
possession (by a spirit, etc.); dependence; depending on
naming; giving a name; designation; nominal
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
massacre; mass slaughter; genocide; holocaust
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
swan (Cygnus spp.); white-feathered bird
mirin; type of sweet rice wine used in cooking