feather decoration; plume
vivid; brightly colored; brilliant; radiant
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
(being in) the black; surplus; black letter
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
emergency meeting; urgent meeting; emergency session; emergency conference
koban; small oval gold coin used in the Edo period; oval; elliptical; small size (of paper)
closing bracket; closing parenthesis
(talent) scout; recruiter; scouting; headhunting; Boy Scouts; Girl Scouts
joining (a group, team, etc.); enrollment; enrolment
being the runner-up; finishing second
interrogation room; interview room; sweatbox
counter for choices, options, etc.
order; ordering; beginning; start; foreword; preface
color of honey (colour); honey-colored; honey-coloured
barbarian tribe; savage tribe
to take care of; to bring up under one's personal care; to kill with one's own hands; to do personally; to handle (e.g. a job); to request that someone deal with (something)
to grow hoarse; to become husky
end of life; death; annihilation
another; different; something else
(arch.) offering (to the gods, emperor, etc.); gift; sacrifice
to take measures; to work out a plan; to lecture; to read aloud; to confer
to rage; to run amok (amuck); to tear around
bad luck; bad fortune; evil; wickedness
to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall
caution; admonition; prohibition; ban; punishment; (arch.) caution
out of control; uncontrollable
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember