trembling with excitement
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
thickheaded; obtuse; slow; sluggish; indulgent (esp. to the opposite sex); doting
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
conviction based on flawed ideas; obstructive thought
running continuously; firing in rapid succession
to rage; to be fierce; to be excited
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
unable to speak; inarticulate; mute; speechless; tongue-tied
tribe; clan; (taxonomical) tribe; group (of the periodic table)
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
goods piled beneath; lower layer; lowest social strata; bottom (of the ladder); low rank
remote countryside; boondocks; the sticks
to blindstitch the inside of a fold with (equally spaced) threadings (i.e. pulling shoe lacing tight)
red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors); two teams; two groups; Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)
(stage) appearance; performance; participation (e.g. in a tournament)
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
late-night show; midnight broadcast
advisor; adviser (to a lord, etc.); wise counselor allowed to speak to a lord without restraint
to summon; to get used to call
verbal message; word (from someone)
(talent) scout; recruiter; scouting; headhunting; Boy Scouts; Girl Scouts
discriminatory remark; hate speech
(a woman) being gifted with both intelligence and beauty
strong power of the state; iron fist; heavy hand
Ladies and Gentlemen!; all of you; everyone
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
call; summons; convening; convocation
successive generations; successive emperors
self-evident truth; obvious fact; truism; axiom
wholly (due to); entirely; solely; earnestly; intently; sincerely
attending someone through the night (guard, nurse); act of a woman sleeping with a man (at his bidding); keeping overnight vigil over body before burial
either way; in any case; one way or another
to yield to temptation; to succumb
yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so
nutjob; mental job; lunatic; mentally troubled person
to look around; to look towards (us)
sal (tree) (Shorea robusta); saul; Japanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia)
pressingly; demandingly; hey! hey!; oi!