to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
depravity; corruption; degradation
to break into song; to burst into song; to begin singing
contest decided by a single round (bout); contest decided by a single roll of dice; one-shot game (contest); make-or-break game
explosive blast (in construction, mining, etc.); blasting
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
third (base, baseman, gear)
ill-natured; mean; mischievous; nasty; unkind; teasing
a question (an issue) of where responsibility (liability) lies; a question of who is responsible (to blame)
personage; person (deserving of respect)
one may well say so, but ...; even more than
strong-willed; strong of heart
being seen here and there; appearing in various places
statesman; administrator; politician; policymaker
history of Japan; Japanese history
hereditary disposition; temperament; nature; (arch.) body build
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
to take precautions; to set a guard against attack
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of
scum of society; good-for-nothing; vermin
to knock down; to send flying
all you want; as much as one wants
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
to be remembered; to go down in history
highest peak; highest mountain; greatest authority; most prominent person; pinnacle (e.g. of art)
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer
confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
picking on somebody smaller than oneself; bullying the weak
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of