swift-footed; light-footed
qualitative difference; disparity; gap
primordial; fundamental; basic; primitive
imagined landscape; scenery in one's mind's eye
server; (cake) server; (water) dispenser; server (tennis, volleyball, etc.)
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
leaving somebody behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone
to attack; to assault; to assail
to fall into (someone's) hands; to fall under someone's control; to become someone's property (e.g. of an object)
automatic; intransitive verb
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
every evening; night after night
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
real intention; true motive; true meaning
indiscrimination; without discrimination; indiscriminate
that's a different matter; that's a different story
trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
to fry; to saute; to stir-fry
fish of the genus Rhinogobius; dusky tripletooth goby (Tridentiger obscurus); common freshwater goby (Gymnogobius urotaenia); Japanese fluvial sculpin (fish, Cottus pollux)
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
hostility; antagonism; opposition
criminal condemned to death; convict on death row
danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
four times (as much); quadruple; fourfold
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
honour; honor; glory; privilege
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
(for the) first time in one's life
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
shelter; safe shelter; evacuation shelter; place of refuge
person concerned; person qualified; person in question; party; litigant (legal)
separate case; another matter
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue