to follow loyally; to wait on someone hand and foot; to be at someone's beck and call
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
mechanism; mechanical parts; jack-in-the-box
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
to manage skillfully; to manoeuvre (e.g. car, horse); to maneuver
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
declaration; proclamation; announcement
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
to shake off; to throw off
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
please (give me); please (do for me)
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
shock; tremor; impact; vibration
fiercely; ferociously; furiously; resolutely
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
to face on; to look out on to
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
symbol (of something abstract); emblem; (symbolic) representation
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)