meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
plenary session; general meeting; plenum
Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
disturbance; perturbation; derangement
one end; an end; part; fragment
elated; triumphant; proud
way of speaking; intimation; lips; mouth; snout
unique flavor (flavour); (degree of) flavouring; distinctive quality; special charm
place; room; margin; scope
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
top (of a flight of stairs); exit involving a descent (e.g. from a bus)
order; sequence; procedure
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
bold; daring; dauntless; intrepid; stout-hearted
wincing; cowering; shrinking; flinching; recoiling
rascal; villain; scoundrel; ruffian; crook
calm; composed; leisurely
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
to guffaw; to roar with laughter; to laugh heartily
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
electric line; electric cable; power cable; telephone line; telegraph wire
saying "Ah!"; making one say "Ah!"; surprisingly; astonishingly
still (continuing); as ever; further
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
lively group (usu. young people); dynamic bunch; group (art)
stupor; stupefaction; trance; (being) dumbfounded
losing initiative; being forestalled; second move (in go or shogi); moving second; rear guard
roundup (criminals, animals, etc.); manhunt; crackdown; swoop; raid
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
rosary; string of prayer beads
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
explosive; blasting powder
risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh