preliminary examination; pretrial hearing
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
writing; composition; essay; sentence
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)
vague; ambiguous; noncommittal; off-point
to attempt; to test; to try out
consent; assent; understanding; agreement; comprehension; grasp
rash assumption; hasty conclusion
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
whim; vagary; capriciousness; eccentricity
traveling bag; travelling bag; suitcase
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy
either way; in any case; one way or another
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
to sniff out; to get wind of
one of Japan's foremost; leading in Japan
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
(some type of) enthusiast; somebody possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality
to be able (to do); to be capable (of doing)
to assemble; to set up; to construct
result; fruit (of); product (of)
logical; cogent; well-reasoned; logically consistent
to be superior; to surpass
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
practice (as opposed to theory); actual practice; actual site; (at) the scene; (on) the spot
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
careful; elaborate; scrupulous
decoration; ornament; trimmings
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
to provide; to furnish; to equip; to install
unsuited; inappropriate; improper; undeserved
carving; engraving; sculpture
all; entire; whole; altogether