chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
head of family; originator
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
unprecedented; never seen before
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
scene; spectacle; sight; view
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa); Japanese cypress
splendour; splendor; pompousness; magnificence
joint (knee, elbow, etc.)
wherein; therein; thereinto
company; group; class; troop; rank; file
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
tension; mental strain; nervousness
mask; disguise; guise; mask
to stiffen; to become stiff
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
to push to one side; to put aside
accident; emergency; calamity
hired thief taker (Edo-period); private detective; private secret policeman
unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
to bow slightly; to make a slight bow
(walking a long distance) at a steady pace; trudgingly
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
person in his or her prime; man in his prime; woman in her prime
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail