will not do; do not; does not
earnest apology; humble apology; apologizing profusely
ill-bred; vulgar; boorish
unchanged (from long ago); as it was in the past; same old; traditional
lieutenant general; vice-admiral
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce
some nerve (as in "you have some nerve to ...")
(brute) force; using all one's might
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
to find out; to discover; to locate
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
mikoshi; portable Shinto shrine carried through the streets during festivals; lower back; waist; hips
they; those guys; those fellows
role; part; job; assignment
parroting back; repeating (another's words) like a parrot
ultimate; final; last; eventual
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
hastily constructed; hastily built; made in a hurry; jerry-built; makeshift
(large) gun; cannon; artillery; long-ball hitter; home-run hitter
making efficient; optimization
critical (touch and go) situation; explosive situation
to scatter away; to fly away; to blow away; to be removed without trace; to vanish
financial power; financial means; wealth
no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as ...
to place (in relation to the whole); to rank; to position; to locate
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
lizard; skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)
to catch (a wild animal, fish, insect, baseball, etc.); to capture
to ask elsewhere; to try another (store, service, etc.)
breach of manners; breach of etiquette; faux pas
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)
to clash; to collide; to conflict; to meet (by chance); to come across; to run into
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)