to wait eagerly for; to look forward to
to cease; to stop; to be over
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
Saipan (island near Guam)
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
mainland; the country proper; native country; country where one was born; pure land; Buddha realm
decisive mainland battle (land battle envisioned late in World War II)
harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement
secret language; jargon; cant; argot; slang
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
occasionally; now and then; from time to time
direct descent; direct line
euphemistic; circumlocutory; periphrastic; roundabout; indirect
(large) compilation; culmination (of hard work)
final game; final games; the finals
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
descendant; progeny; offspring
innocence; mind free of obstructive thoughts; detachment; insentient; pestering (someone for money, etc.); asking
to touch (a person's) heart; to impress (a person)
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
main performer; star performer; headliner; rakugo storyteller of the highest rank
bizarre plan; perplexing strategy; outlandish scheme
declaration; indication; representation; manifestation; demonstration; expression
I would be most grateful if you could ...; I would humbly ask that you ...; please ...
pointed knife; logging; cutting; (beef) scraps; starting to speak; extraction (of a portion of a media file)
to carry on one's back; to burden oneself (e.g. with debts, responsibilities, etc.)
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
assembly hall; parliament house; diet building; capitol; houses of parliament; congress hall
recapture; retaking; recovery; taking back
to take one's leave; to excuse oneself; to resign (from); to step down; to decline; to turn down
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
disposition; temperament; temper; nature
for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
reverence for the emperor; advocate of imperial rule
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; (putting into) practice; execution (of a program); run
change; transformation; inversion
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
take this opportunity (to apologize, thank, explain, etc.)
to remember; to recall; to call to mind; to imagine; to picture in one's mind; to visualize