shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
hometown; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
contraction; shrinking; shrinkage; constriction; deflation
to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.); to wilt; to droop; to shrivel; to fade (away); to sag
the country; countryside; outskirts; suburbs; presence; being in attendance
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
sensitivity (e.g. of a measuring instrument); reception (radio, TV, etc.); sensitivity (of film)
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
highish; somewhat high; on the high side; somewhat expensive; comparatively expensive; on the expensive side
to take notice (of); to pay attention (to)
excellent; very good; exultant; elated
slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery
delusion; wild idea; (wild) fancy; (ridiculous) fantasy
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
blood relative; close relation; (one's) flesh and blood; flesh and blood; the body
to want; to wish for; (arch.) to request; (arch.) to demand; (arch.) to seek; (arch.) to search for
actual article or goods; spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.); (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)
heavenly body; celestial body; astronomical object
reduction; curtailment; cut; cutback; scaling down; contraction
surging sea; rough sea; large waves
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
random; unintentional; unintended
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
to leave as it is; to defer
beating (inflicted as punishment); mob violence; mob justice
focusing on only the good points or strong points; incorporating the benefits (while ignoring the drawbacks); picking the best of both (everything); cherry-picking (e.g. information)
wild; freakish; madcap; crazy; hysterical
cleaning up (enemy remnants); sweeping clean (of opponents); mopping up
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
modern language; contemporary language; living language; modern Japanese; Japanese as spoken since the Meiji period or alternatively, since the end of World War II
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)
to become an adult woman; to come of age; to lose one's virginity (of a woman); to become sexually active
to be covertly swapped; to be replaced (e.g. with a counterfeit)
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
to assemble (in a hall); to meet together (in a room)