locking on (to a target, esp. by radar)
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
common people; ordinary people; masses
even so; anyhow; at any rate
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
war; battle; match; game; competition
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long
cooperation; collaboration
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
squad leader; group leader; team leader
sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica); evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
family; members of a family
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation