even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
searching for someone; search for a missing person; searching for a (job) candidate; recruitment; scouting
experienced person; person who has had a particular experience
metal utensil; ironware; metal fittings; hardware
to be preeminent; to be outstanding
different suitabilities; being cut out for certain things (and not for others)
victory or defeat; issue (of battle); outcome
(being) worth seeing; impressive
having spirit; (being) staunch; having backbone
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out
nasty; disgusting; detestable; unpleasant; disagreeable; creepy
company employee; office worker; white-collar worker
snapping back (at someone); lashing out (despite being in the wrong); counterblast; counteroffensive; backlash
supplementary biography; anecdote; side story; spin-off
conversion; reform; correcting someone's conduct
this way and that; (by) various means; (by) every means
nasty; mean; heartless; inconsiderate; selfish
reaction; response; reaction
strong-willed; strong of heart
Buddha's heart; Buddha's mercy
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
way one walks; one's walk
shooting range; firing range
reeking of blood; stinking of blood; bloody (battle, crime, etc.)
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation; dramatization; embellishment; exaggeration
to strangle; to constrict
deep-fried food (esp. chicken)