to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
main purpose; chief aim; focus; main point; gist; essence
to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
clicking; clopping; clacking
furthermore; adding to the above-mentioned; not quite; not very good; lacking
remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique; go-getter; resourceful person; wizard
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
soggy; soaked; crushed (out of shape); crumpled; messy; untidy
mad (with grief, love, etc.); crazy; out of one's mind; on the verge of insanity
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited
to put to shame; to humiliate; to disgrace; to rape; to assault; to violate
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition
few decades; many decades; several decades
to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with
to be destroyed; to perish; to go out (e.g. fire); to destroy; to get rid of; to extinguish
playing dead; feigning death; playing possum
having enough of (food, drink, etc.); having one's fill; fully enjoying
for convenience; as a matter of convenience
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
naming; giving a name; designation; nominal
(how) many times; (how) often
to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off; to depose; to topple
leading actor; star; leading figure; central figure; key figure
distant look; faraway look
the one before last; two generations, etc. previous
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) you (in reference to someone of lower status)
hereditary system; hereditary succession