hydroplane (submarines); diving plane; diving rudder
front shrine; hall of worship
place where the sacred palanquin is lodged during a festival
inspection; examination; survey
the 36 (ancient Chinese military) strategies (of which the last resort was said to be beating a retreat)
complaint; troubles; objection; grievance
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
discussion; argument; debate
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
two days later; day after next; next day but one
strange; weird; odd; strange thing; strange person
from afar; over a great distance; all the way
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
tugboat; tug; towboat; tugging (a boat); towing; towage
take care of it; I'll leave it up to you; do as you see fit
custom; practice; convention; precedent
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
women and children; woman; grown woman; wife
long (esp. of photographic film); lengthy
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
new rice field; newly developed rice field; wasteland or marshland newly reclaimed as a rice field (Edo period)
first move (in go, shogi, etc.); moving first; person with the first move; forestalling; (seizing the) initiative
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); to spare (time, money, etc.)
one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series
flute player; flutist; flautist; piper
to follow; to conform; to apply to
draft; draught; handprint; signed hand-print
tally; check; piece of wood or paper split in half and given to each party as a form of proof (e.g. of a transaction)
especially; above all; particularly; among other things
unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg
government service; the bureaucracy
even though; despite; notwithstanding
certainty; reality; regular; permanent; samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation)
original and copy (of a document); principal and vice- (e.g. chairman and vice-chairman)
by day and night; day and night; round the clock
to happen to hear; to overhear