idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
firmly; solidly; heartily
daytime; during the day; Japan and China
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
owlet moth (members of the family Noctuidae); noctuid
izakaya; Japanese bar that also serves various dishes and snacks
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
distinction; discrimination
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
around the world; throughout the world
decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon
smoke screen; dazzler; camouflage; deceptive means; magic; witchcraft
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
waiting expectantly; waiting eagerly; looking forward to; long-awaited
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
whole nation; whole land; whole country
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
exposure; laying bare; baring (e.g. skin); (photographic) exposure
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
charming; fascinating; attractive
cold; indifferent; unfriendly; unsympathetic; unkind
prudish; strait-laced; boring; square
the world; the earth; this world (as opposed to heaven)