white flag; truce flag; surrender flag
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
offstage; backstage; behind the scenes
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
relatively; comparatively
calculation; self-interest; selfishness
loss and gain; advantage and disadvantage
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
businessman; industrialist
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
unanticipated; unexpected
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
anything and everything; just about everything
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
stimulation (e.g. of an economy); revitalization (e.g. of a town); rejuvenation; activation
study; research; investigation
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
genuine article; real thing; real deal
unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) you (in reference to someone of lower status)
to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
sponsor; promoter; impresario; organizer; organiser
counter; window; teller window; contact person; point of contact
assistant; adjunct; lieutenant
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion