present location; current location; "you are here" (on map)
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
counter for wheels and flowers
straight; directly; voyage; journey; straight road
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom
tailoring; dressmaking; sewing; making; preparation
to regain one's breath; to catch one's breath
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
to shake each other's hands; to shake hands with each other
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)
surely; certainly; no doubt; indeed
happy event; cause for celebration; congratulations
perfection; thoroughness; consummation
something like ...; something called ...
helper; supporter; second; foreign player (hired to strengthen a team)
kabuki; Japanese classical drama
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
to strike a pose (in kabuki); to assume a posture; to make a proud gesture; to put on an air of confidence; to speak boastfully
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
to be complicated; to be elaborate; (arch.) to push in; (arch.) to be crowded
waiting; waiting time; wait tile; tile which would complete one's hand
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
to be reminded of; to call to mind
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
leadership; initiative; spearhead
great war; great battle; world war
operation (of machine); operating; running; working
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
large number (of); many; majority
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)