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)
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
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
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
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
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
plentifully; amply; loosely; with room to spare; a good (e.g. two weeks, ten kilometres); a full
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
elimination (of a person, group, etc.); killing off; denial (of an opinion, fact, etc.); ignoring; erasure (of writing); rubbing out
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
way; style; ceremony; rite; wedding (ceremony); equation
launcher; (application) launcher
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
dress; one-piece (e.g. swimsuit)
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