to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
protest; refutation; pleading
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
war; fighting; fierce competition
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
only; merely; but; no more than
ton (now usu. a metric ton, i.e. 1,000kg); tonne
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
great earthquake (disaster); Great Kanto earthquake of 1923
burning earth, e.g. for sterilization and converting compost
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
number one; first; best; most; game; round
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
throne; crown; government position; court rank; social standing; rank; grade (of quality, etc.)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
journal; magazine; periodical
military personnel; soldier
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise