My words

照準器

しょうじゅんき

sighting device; sights

界隈

かいわい

neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity

捉え方

とらえかた

interpretation; perception; understanding

教鞭をとる

きょうべんをとる

to teach, to take a teaching job

眠気覚まし

ねむけざまし

keeping oneself awake

即効性

そっこうせい

prompt efficiency, immediate effectivity

麦稈

Bakkan

Wheat straw

陥れる

おとしいれる

to trick someone into (committing a crime, etc.), to hatch a plan and deceive someone, to assault (a castle, etc.), to drop something and have it fall into something

恥をかく

はじをかく

to be embarrassed, to lose face

気分転換

きぶんてんかん

change of pace, change of mood, (mental) break (e.g. going for a walk), refreshment

山積み

やまづみ

huge mound, heap, pile

媚薬

びやく

aphrodisiac

却下

きゃっか

rejection, dismissal

寛大

かんだい

tolerance, liberality, leniency, generosity

簡潔

かんけつ

brevity, conciseness, simplicity

嗅ぎ取る

かぎとる

to smell, to sense

強豪

きょうごう

veteran, champion

法則性

ほうそくせい

law-like nature, regularity

近辺

きんぺん

neighbourhood, neighborhood, vicinity

今年度

こんねんど

this year, this fiscal year, this school year

口を挟む

くちをはさむ

to cut into (a conversation), to interject

河川敷

かせんしき かせんじき

flood plain, river terrace, area between river and river bank

やり口

やりくち

way (of doing), method

只ならない

ただならない

unusual, serious, incomparable

余りに

あまりに

too much, excessively, too

暴走

ぼうそう

acting rashly, behaving recklessly, reckless baserunning, running wildly, runaway, reckless driving, rampage

隅から隅まで

すみからすみまで

every nook and corner, from A to Z, from head to toe, from cover to cover

兄貴

あにき アニキ

elder brother, one's senior, older man, man older than oneself

追求

ついきゅう

pursuing (goal), pursuit, seeking, search, to pursue (e.g. goal), to seek

用心深い

ようじんぶかい

wary, watchful