on a stage; on a platform; on an altar
calamity; disaster; accident
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
running away; escaping on foot
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
villainous; rascally; knavish; (arch.) independent; (arch.) self-reliant
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
geta; Japanese wooden clogs; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character
swallowtail butterfly (esp. the citrus swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus)
inner; underwear; undergarment; innerwear
clergyman; churchman; clergy
mismatched; odd; irregular; inconsistent; incoherent; confused
(for the) first time in one's life
rate; late; rating; ranking
to knock down; to knock out
having had enough (of); fed up (with); sick and tired (of); to learn one's lesson; to learn from a bad experience
leisure; leisure time; spare time
stout; corpulent; plump; voluptuous
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
not yet fixed; undecided; pending
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
fluent (in a language); flowing
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
doing whatever one pleases
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
intensive; concentrated; focused
before the week is out; before the week is over; within the week; sometime this week
damage (esp. financial) caused by harmful rumours or misinformation (rumors)