real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
armaments; military preparations
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
one round; one tour; one circuit; one patrol
counter for tours, cycles, rounds, circuits, etc.
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
Common Era; CE; Christian Era; Western (Gregorian) calendar
what date?; what's the date?; when?
despite; in spite of; not worrying about; without fear of
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
contradiction; inconsistency
firm; solid; steady; secure; unshakeable; unwavering
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to uncover; to solve; to reveal
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
writing; composition; essay; sentence
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
science fiction; sci-fi; SF
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
difference; discrepancy; variation
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
suggestion; hint; implication
standard; criterion; norm; benchmark; measure; gauge
complementation; supplementation; completion
piece (scrap, bit, strip) of paper
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
to be to the point; to hit the mark; to be relevant
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)