maintaining the status quo
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
in succession; one after another
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
to be used to; to get accustomed to; to train; to discipline; to tack (in needlework); to baste
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
the entire strength; all hands; all the members
taking refuge; evacuation; backup (of data)
amusing; funny; interesting
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
easily; readily; with ease; without trouble
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
ancestor; forefather; foremother
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
many; numerous; various; large number of
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
erasure; denial; obliteration; ignoring (an opinion)
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
eagle (bird of prey, Accipitridae family)
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method