to intercommunicate; to exchange (messages, vows, etc.)
quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
persecution complex; delusion of persecution; paranoia
labor saving; labour saving
city of temptation; wicked city; sin city
office work; desk work; indoor work
going out (before burning completely); dying out; fizzling out (e.g. of a plan); falling through; coming to nothing
to attract (to oneself, e.g. with bait or light); to draw close; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion; to convulse
putting together (e.g. opinions); gathering; collecting; aggregating; summarizing; integrating
highly conscious; highly aware; well-versed; highly knowledgable
to look down on; to condescend
interview (e.g. for a job)
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
being brought to a standstill; being stranded; being stumped; being in a dilemma; dying while standing (and remaining standing); dying on one's feet
tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)
to do something distinguished; to perform great deeds; to distinguish oneself (e.g. in war)
to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully
defending to the last; desperate defence; stubborn defence
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
babysitting; babysitter; nanny; taking care of; looking after; accompanying
one's post; one's position; one's station; one's round; one's beat; one's route
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess
stationing (e.g. of troops); garrison
to be partly responsible for; to have a part in; to play a role in
to divide in two; to divide in half; to divide (among); to apportion; to portion out
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
band of robbers; gang of thieves
stronghold; citadel; base (of operations); headquarters
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
place for dancing; dance floor; landing (of a staircase); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); cooling off
high place; high ground; height; broad (point of) view
under the staircase; understairs
the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
all around; as far as the eye can see
unevenness; bumpiness; roughness; imbalance; inequality; unevenness
(are you) alright?; (are you) OK?
to say something additional; to add (to what was said before)