counter for waves (of a repeated occurrence)
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
Shinsengumi; Edo period police and military force dedicated to suppressing anti-shogunate activities
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
to pull out; to draw out; to disconnect; to steal contents of; to pilfer (from); to pickpocket
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
to take over; to hand over
lacking skill; uninspiring; unexciting; dull; unrefined; boring (from being too plain)
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
class meeting; classroom assembly
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
tagged (esp. with a price); notorious; infamous; double-dyed
wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief
lintel (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors)
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
practice field; training ground; driving range; practice hall; rehearsal space
reserving (for exclusive use); (full) booking; chartering; block reservation
superior (in rank); top; higher order (e.g. byte); host computer (of connected device)
ranking; toplist (e.g. of WWW sites)
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)