to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
acquisition; obtaining; procurement; getting (hold of)
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
decision; settlement; confirmation; establishment
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
threat; menace; coercion; blackmail
information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
removal (of a building, equipment, etc.); dismantling (e.g. a tent); striking (a stage set, camp, etc.); withdrawal (of troops); pulling out; evacuation
source of information; intelligence source; message source
girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
not less than ...; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; the above; the above-mentioned
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
patch; patching; join; joining; successor; heir
patching (clothing); darning; cobbling together (other people's writings, thoughts, etc.); gathering
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
vigorously (ripping, tearing, scratching, etc.); roughly; (eating) with a crunch; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
in the meanwhile; during the time
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
access (to a place, esp. using public transport); access (to a website, data, etc.)
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
to grow older (than expected); to advance in age
to have meaning; to be meaningful
to replace; to substitute; to switch; to move (something); to transfer
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
... years old; age (of) ...