to seal (e.g. a letter); to prevent (e.g. movement); to forbid; to block (e.g. speech)
to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice
to get strong; to gain strength
to lecture; to read aloud; to devise (e.g. a strategy); to work out (e.g. a tactic); to confer; to hold conference (with)
home ground; home field; one's haunt; one's stamping ground; one's domain
to call in; to invite; to bring in
gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
just to make sure; just to be sure; for confirmation; just in case; for caution's sake; by way of precaution
deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
inconsistency; discord; conflict; discrepancy; contradiction; failure
promotion; acceleration; encouragement; facilitation; spurring on
kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
to (see and) choose; to select; to diagnose (as); to judge; to estimate; to liken (to)
to induce (someone to do something); to tempt; to act toward (someone in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
tokkōfuku; type of long jacket worn by bōsōzoku biker gang members, etc.
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; expectation; anticipation
how much; how many; to what extent
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction; annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling on appeal); quashing
cooperative relation; cooperative relationship; collaborative relationships; cooperative structure; cooperative ties; cooperative alliance
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
writing; composition; essay; sentence
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
plan; protocol; manifest; program
to express (in words); to confess
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
the 36 (ancient Chinese military) strategies (of which the last resort was said to be beating a retreat)
he that fights and runs away may live to fight another day; discretion is the better part of valor; (lit.) fleeing is winning
with a squirt; spurt; with a whoosh; zipping; with a sudden whistle (e.g. gust of wind)