duty; function; office; mission; task
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)
pyrotechnic signal; signal flare
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
genuine article; real thing; real deal
gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
please; somehow or other; one way or another
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
letter; missive; note; mail
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
scene; spectacle; sight; view
witnessing; observing; sighting
maneuver (usu. of military force); manoeuvre; mobile; nimble; agile
soldier; combatant; warrior
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy