to be suspicious of; to be doubtful of; to be dubious of
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
even if not; even without
every single word and phrase; word by word
nervousness; oversensitivity
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
battle formation; lineup (e.g. for a game)
to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
decisive action; going through with; daring to do; carrying out
to squeeze; to wring out; to narrow down; to refine
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
to overdo; to do too much
notice; attention; observation
counter for leaves, pieces of paper, etc.; (arch.) counter for boats
deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
strategic arrangement of go stones; opening moves; preparation; preparatory steps; groundwork
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
minimum; at the very least
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
street at night; making a night journey
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition