since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity; environs; surrounding area; district
positioning; getting a position; taking a position
splashing (water); splashing about; vigorously; generously (e.g. pouring sauce); greatly (using or making money)
ball; ball (pitch delivered outside the strike zone); board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
three; three years of age
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
to cease; to stop; to be over
beach; seashore; captured pieces; captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
crunch crunch; thud thud; tramp tramp
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with
VIP; very important person
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
to relax; to make oneself comfortable
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk; to get plastered
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
energy; vitality; mental determination
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
elaborate; delicate; exquisite
Azuchi-Momoyama period (approx. 1558-1600)
minority group (party); minority
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
wedge; chock; linchpin; tie; bond
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
leaving (on, open, unfinished, etc.); (doing) continuously; constantly; keep ...-ing
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
all over; filled in; complete; total; clichéd; hackneyed; plaintext
blunder; bungle; clumsiness
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction