difficult to ...; hard to ...
to summon courage; to be brave
correspondence; exchange of letters
trouble; quarrel; dispute
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
well-informed person; walking dictionary; extensive knowledge
unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; heedlessly; against one's better judgement (judgment)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
unbeatable; unbeaten; invincible
to win and advance to the next round
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
to get along; to add (one's own concordant voice, etc.)
Seria (Brunei); Celia; Serrlya
to interfere; to butt in; to interrupt someone
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction
operating together; working together; being linked (to); being tied (to); being connected (with); interlocking
anyone and everyone; anybody at all
(all) at once; at the same time; in one go; right away; in an instant
not necessarily so; is not always true
to spoil; to rot; to corrode
wiles; sinister design; trick; conspiracy; intrigue
one large ...; a great ...
pyrotechnic signal; signal flare
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
successfully; with success
(for) one's own use; personal use; private use
involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation
completely (beaten, defeated, etc.); thoroughly; utterly; black and blue; to a pulp
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
because; the reason why is
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
konpeitō; small coloured sugar candy covered with tiny bulges
shooting star; falling star; meteor; blaze (wide white stripe down the face of a horse)