slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
convenient; handy; useful
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
flight; desertion; escape
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
be (that) as it may; having said that
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
reinforcement (e.g. of troops)
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
spirit; sprite; energy; vigor (vigour); fine details; semen
to call together; to convene
pyrotechnic signal; signal flare
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis
may (it) be so; please let (it) happen
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)