to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
centralized management; centrally controlled system
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill
(arch.) office; (arch.) official; chief; head; (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
security police; special police; special; TV special; standard-playing (record); SP; shore patrol
free; unrestricted; (with) complete mastery; completely in control
egg white; white-fleshed fish (e.g. tai, hirame, karei); white meat; sapwood
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
base of the throat; bottom of the neck
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
item; article; dish; course; finest item
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
to manipulate (someone); to make (someone) dance to one's tune; to lead astray; to make (someone) dance; to let dance
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
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)
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
reality; actuality; hard fact
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing