to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
to say; to tell; to state; to do
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
while moving; on the move
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
production (e.g. play); direction
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to talk; to chat; to chatter
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
Japanese spindletree (Euonymus japonicus)
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
(the) whole; as a whole; in general; at large
commemorable; worth commemorating; momentous; monumental
day in the near future when a major event is expected to occur
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
international; diplomatic intercourse
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
pride; boast; credit (to)
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
guard; security (officer); guardsman
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
third stage; three stages
kendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords