to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde (e.g. music)
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
to take advantage of one's carelessness; to perform a surprise attack
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
invisibly; secretly; privately
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
stimulating; exciting; provocative
going out (before burning completely); dying out; fizzling out (e.g. of a plan); falling through; coming to nothing
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
(appearance while) in pajamas (pyjamas)
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)
to manage something successfully; to be successful
opinion; point of view; visual point
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety
one hundred-thousandth; sudden; abrupt; unexpected
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
calm; serenity; tranquillity; tranquility
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
privacy; secrecy; confidentiality
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice