to be spattered by blood from one's victim; to suffer a reaction; to receive a backlash
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
meeting together; introduction; costarring; appearing together; being matched; facing off
reclaimed land; cleared land; area opened for development
sphere; circle; range; category
labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands
to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive
worker; breadwinner; supporter; able person; able man; productive worker
to leave nothing undone; to give good service; to attend to everything; to be on someone's tracks (e.g. police); to catch up with; to close in on
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
to mind; to care; to worry
manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
chores; odd jobs; miscellaneous affairs; miscellaneous expenses
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to bless; to show mercy to; to give (money, etc.)
obstinate; stubborn; headstrong
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
engagement; business; affair; use; need
smoothly; easily; readily
writing down from other written material; writing kanji text from hiragana; transcription (of spoken material); dictation
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way
tone (of voice); parlance; style; intonation; accent
to fall behind; to drop out; to drop; to fall; to spill
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to thrust away; to send flying
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
to turn over (in one's sleep); to toss and turn (in bed); to change sides; to double-cross; to betray
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
self-hatred; self-abhorrence; self-loathing
fighting windmills; tilting at windmills; mimicking a wrestling match by oneself (as a form of street performance, etc.)
annotation; explanatory note; comment
facing; opposite; across the street; other side