to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
to accept somebody's challenge; to take up the gauntlet
thief; robber; burglar; bandit
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes
one party; one faction; one clique
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
third day of the month; three days
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
opportunity; chance; trigger; cause
difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
great cause; moral law; justice
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to seek a path; to find one's way
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvering
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
right (to do something); authority; power
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
envoy; diplomat below the rank of ambassador (e.g. deputy chief of mission, charge d'affaires); minister (of legation)
various foreign countries; several foreign countries
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
to escape from; to get out
starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up
position; location; base; point; site
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
to have authority over; to exercise one's authority (over); to glare; to scowl at; to glower at
western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki); western nations (esp. India or Europe); thirty-three temples in the Kinki area containing statues of Kannon (Avalokitesvara); pilgrimage to the thirty-three temples sacred to Kannon
to tower over the surroundings