veteran (e.g. soldier); battle-hardened; seasoned; (of) long military service
rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
departure date; day of departure
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
to breathe in; to inhale; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
covert action; covert operations
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
seeing (someone) off; send-off; deferment; postponement; letting a pitch go by; wait-and-see attitude
ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material); Ruby (programming language)
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
outside the country; abroad
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
in spite of; despite; although; regardless of; irrespective of
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
handling things like an adult; behaving like a mature grown-up
to mediate; to intervene; to smooth
cloudless (sky); without a cloud (in the sky)
to project; to show (on a screen); to portray; to depict; to reflect (the times, mood, etc.)
whereabouts; address; place of temporary residence
becoming clear; coming to light; being ascertained; being identified; being confirmed
to dress up as; to disguise oneself as; to play the role of
here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
association; union; guild; labor union; labour union; trade union
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
acquisition; obtaining; procurement; getting (hold of)
belatedly; though a little too late
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
while; during; performed in this condition
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
lawless; outrageous; insolent; rude; inexcusable; unpardonable
love; attachment; lovesickness