top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
guess; speculation; supposition
to refuse; to decline; to deny
thorough; exhaustive; complete
investigation (esp. in academic and scientific contexts)
interior; inside; internal
to start (something); to start up; to boot (a computer); to launch (a business)
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa)
birth; creation; formation
bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
to achieve results; to be successful (in a venture, etc.)
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
timid; faint-hearted; wimpish
timid; faint-hearted; wimpish
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
video (esp. digital); video clip; animation; animated cartoon; in-betweens (animation)
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
to settle peacefully; to work out peacefully; to come to an amicable solution; to become reconciled
and (also); both ... and; as well as
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
operating officer; company executive
out of necessity; with no other option; perforce; unavoidably; reluctantly; unwillingly
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
discipline; punishment; reprimand
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
complete change; reform; restoration; remodeling; remodelling; renewal
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality