thin arm; slender arm; slender means; meager ability to earn a living
payment in advance; advance payment; payment on delivery (e.g. business-reply mail, collect phone calls); forerunner
alarm clock; waking up; keeping oneself awake; type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap
nth period (e.g. nth class in school day)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
to contract; to undertake; to take over; to take responsibility for
very busy (person or thing)
extremely busy; (lit.) wanting even the help of a cat
to get excited; to be roused (to action); to get the itch (to do)
Japanese person; Japanese people
wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to
if it is not ...; if it does not ...
suddenly; all of a sudden; quickly; emphatically; energetically
to ask; to enquire; to query
wrong; different; not like that
cheering group; cheering squad
reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
beforehand; in advance; previously
habitat isolation; compartmentalization; segregation; isolation
inviolability; nonaggression; sacredness
one large ...; a great ...
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid
complication; intricacy; involution; to become complicated; to get entangled
bent back; indecisive attitude; timidity; lack of nerve
disposition; temperament; temper; nature
hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling
blowing repeatedly (e.g. to cool something down); huffing and puffing; puffing and panting; struggling (with work, studies, etc.); having difficulty
unprecedented; never seen before
craft; cunning; guile; serpentine wisdom
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
last piece of the day's programme; last act of a play; comic dialogue as the last item in vaudeville, music hall, etc.
(arch.) eight ata (approx. 144 cm); large; long
student in a higher grade; upperclassman
limp; listless; enervated; flaccid; wilting; soft
matter causing distress; something causing worry