activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor
main or important road; influential or important position; the authorities
office; official; chief; head; person (usually a woman) who officiates at religious ceremonies (on the Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa)
pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
in detail; with great care; completely; fully
job; work; duties; trade; skill
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
to impress; to move one's heart; to touch (a person's heart)
at that very moment; at precisely that time; just when
at the time; in those days; then
art of war; strategy; tactics
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
to have a pulse; to be alive; to have a chance; to be not altogether hopeless
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
on the roof; court nobles
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
certain evidence; definite evidence
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
discontent; dissatisfaction; complaint; grievance
to take (all of) into consideration
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
strong nation; powerful country
root of an evil; source of a problem; source of trouble; cause of misfortune
to manipulate (someone); to make (someone) dance to one's tune; to lead astray; to make (someone) dance; to let dance
stipend (paid to court officials, samurai, etc.); salary; fief; (arch.) gift (given as a reward); (arch.) token of appreciation
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
to crush; to squash; to overpower; to beat; to crush
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
convenience; accommodation; advantage; benefit; expediency
to promise; to abridge; to simplify; to reduce
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
secret (recipe, medicine, etc.); mysteries (e.g. of an art)
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
not a little; not a few; considerable
to drive mad; to make insane; to cause a malfunction; to put out of order; to derail (a plan, etc.)
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
medicine; (pharmaceutical) drug; medical treatment; medical practice and dispensing of drugs