somehow; for some reason; in some way; vaguely
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender
striking; remarkable; considerable
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
on the occasion of; at the time of
to claim victims; to leave casualties
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
to stoop; to bend (e.g. one's knees)
good feeling; feeling good
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
how many years; how long; what year
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
colouring; coloring; shade (of colour); flavour; nuance; feel
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
to become entangled; to become complicated; to get mixed up; to screw up; to get caught up in
wide sense (e.g. of a word); broad sense
manners; customs; sex service; sex industry; sex-oriented entertainment
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
bottomless; endlessly deep; infinite
rapid succession (e.g. questions)
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
cannibalism; biting (someone); man-eating (e.g. tiger); cannibalistic
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
insular; closed; unsociable; exclusive
deserted village; poor village
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
alumnus (alumnae); graduate; former member of an organization; former inhabitant (country, region, etc.)
slander; libel; defamation; calumny; smear
to find fault (with trivial matters); to scold over minor things; to get angry over trifles; to raise one's eyebrows
rebellious phase; rebellious age
height of; middle of; full bloom
to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way
cannibalism; anthropophagism
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
stylization; to stylize; to conventionalize