notice; notification; announcement; disclosure; declaration
company president; manager; director
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
starting (a machine, engine, etc.); starting (a project, plan, etc.); beginning; initiation
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
fit; attack; spasm; ictus; paroxysm; seizure
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
declaration; proclamation; announcement
with no regard to appearances; without caring about how one looks
son (of others); boy; young master; young man innocent of the ways of the world; man of pampered upbringing; greenhorn (from a well-off family)
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...
comfort; consolation; diversion
Nola (Italy); Nora; Norah
something unrelated (to what has been discussed thus far)
how long; how far; how much
economic strength; economic power; economic might
impossible to do (although wants to)
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; one kick
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
low (level, value, price, etc.)
able-bodied; robust; sturdy; strong
eel donburi; bowl of rice topped with eel
slitheringly; wriggling, slipping and sliding
perforation; perforator; prick punch; needle punch
chopping board; cutting board; flat chest; tiny breasts
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to pickle; to preserve (in salt, vinegar, etc.)
direct transmission (of mystery, skill, secret, etc.); initiation
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
snake; serpent; large snake
hesitation; wavering; faltering; balking; recoil; flinching