listening device; bug; wiretap
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
stupid brat; son of a bitch
(young) hoodlum; delinquent boy; small-time yakuza; brat; little shit
clicking; clopping; clacking
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
scarlet eggplant (Solanum aethiopicum); gilo
to glare at; to scowl at; to glower at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
suddenly (appear, stick out); abruptly; (stand) still and expressionless; imposingly; suddenly (stand up)
habit (garment worn by nuns, monks, friars, etc.)
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
to dust; to remove dust; to slap; to hit (with the palm); to use up money
to fly; to race away; to vanish; to disappear; to rush over; to hurry over
to lose the attacking initiative
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
shah; former ruler of Iran
to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
interruption (e.g. of a conversation)
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
creakingly; squeakingly; tightly (squeezing, pressing, etc.); (drinking) all in one sweep
to pull in (fish); to land
to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places
convulsion; cramp; spasm; tic; twitch; fit
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
fluent (in a language); flowing
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); gaijin; (arch.) outsider
external wound; (physical) trauma