bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting
thunderous roar; roaring sound
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
the big two...; two major...; two main...
to kneel down on one knee; to genuflect
to collapse into; to flop onto
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
god of death; death deity; Death
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
to be born; to come into the world
to be wildly different; to be on a completely different scale; to be in a different league; to be poles apart; to stand no comparison; (lit.) to be on a different order of magnitude
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying
clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent
to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided
esophagus; gullet; esophageal
counter-current; adverse tide; regurgitation (of blood)
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
the last moment; the very end
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
how dare ...; how could ...
sleeping in late; oversleeping; late riser; sleepyhead
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
to shout (in anger); to yell
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
alarm clock; waking up; keeping oneself awake; type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap
to go pale; to grow pale; to lose color; to turn white
lateness; tardiness; arriving late