to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
sharp drop; plunge; nosedive; slump; (value or amount) plummeting
point-scoring; scoring Brownie points
entrance; admission; entering
row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
bento; Japanese box lunch
guest; visitor; visitor's arrival
neighbour to the left (person, building, etc.)
empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post
security-related; from the stand-point of safety
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
hut; house; boarding house; school dormitory; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)
to repeat; to do something over again
deep affection; dear; beloved
to start an act (of a play); to have curtains open; to have an (event, period of history, etc.) start
to smear with blood; to kill
one flower; one wheel; (arch.) full moon
you (primarily used by men in letters to their equals or inferiors)
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness
casualties; the killed and wounded
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
to prevent; to take precautions
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
fee contingent upon success; contingency fee; completion bonus
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
sensational crime that becomes a media event; (lit.) theatrical crime
famous place; name of a part (of an instrument, etc.); name and address