bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
virtual image; false image; pretense; pretence
brightness; splendour; splendor
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy
phantom; vision; illusion
mass; mass (media, production, etc.); masturbation
putting into operation; invocation
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
pursuer; pursuing party; posse
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
to some extent; to a certain extent
to take command; to give direction
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
one more time; once more; once again
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
defense; defence; protection
leak of official secrets; leaking of confidential information
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
to chase; to run after; to pursue
to concern; to be related
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
veil of darkness; curtain of night
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse