boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up
innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
(inflected) end of a word; end of a sentence
snoring; growling (low rumbling sound)
old body; aged person; elderly person
old maid (card game); living without one's mother-in-law
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
sanctuary; Sanctuary (faction of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan); Akamatsu faction; Akamatsu group
with a vroom; with a sudden shaking
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment
Cheki; brand of small instant cameras made by Fujifilm; check it out; take a look
to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly
in some cases; sometimes; on occasions
personal combat; one-to-one fight
loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman
to keep (a person) waiting
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
bitter tears; (lit.) tears of blood
quitting while one is ahead
sleep-talking; nonsense; gibberish