control tower; conning tower; leader; commander; playmaker; game maker
staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor
outspoken; arguing (heatedly) what one believes in; insisting on something without restraint
pluralizing suffix; nickname-forming suffix
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
active; dynamic; energetic
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
being bad at communication; being unsociable
video (esp. digital); video clip; animation; animated cartoon; in-betweens (animation)
die all together; go to the grave together
pulling down one's lower eyelid and sticking out one's tongue (as a taunt or gesture of contempt or rejection); no way!; no!; get lost!
conduction (of heat or electricity); transmission (of light or sound); conduction (of a nerve impulse)
exceeding one's authority; abusing one's legal authority; ultra vires activities
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
curt response; indifferent response; chilly reception; (giving someone the) cold shoulder; unenthusiastic interaction (e.g. from a company to a customer, or a celebrity to a fan)
conversion (e.g. yen to dollars); change; exchange; translation (numerical)
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned
behind with everything; too late; reactive
individual; separate; personal; case-by-case
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause); paying tribute; tribute
to care for (the sick); to nurse; to attend (someone's deathbed)
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
to compile; to bring together; to weave; to put together; to bring to a conclusion; to wrap up
reason; logic; method; system; order
one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities
returning home to one's parents (orig. of a married person); visiting one's parents (for a prolonged period of stay); bride's first visit to her parents after getting married; coming back (of an item; after having been on loan, etc. abroad); (arch.) temporarily returning to one's home (of a servant)
unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that
biography of a brave fighter; heroic saga; chivalric romance; tale of one's heroism; episode of bravery; acts of violence
metal utensil; ironware; metal fittings; hardware
to grumble; to be unsettled; to grizzle
counting backwards; calculating backwards; inverse operation