anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
political situation; political affairs
to be left without means of sustenance; to be turned adrift in the streets; to be rendered homeless; to be out in the cold; to be down and out
written pledge; signed note of assurance; memorandum; legal instrument
stamp; seal; seal impression; seal; mudra (symbolic hand gesture); ninja hand sign
one's family and followers; one's whole clan
promise; vow; engagement; convention; rule; resolution
(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock
hurried construction; hurried production; hasty manufacture; hasty formation
thick (esp. paper, cloth)
too large (clothing); baggy; bulging; warping; parp; toot
shaman; Sherman (WW2 tank)
careful; cautious; wary; watchful; vigilant; prudent
to live through hell; to go to hell and back; to suffer dire straits
to abandon; to give up on; to desert
to rake over the coals; to scold; to chastise; to burn moxa on the skin
rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis
to blunt; to dull; to weaken
divine wind (esp. a typhoon thought to have protected Japan from a Mongolian invasion in the 13th century); kamikaze
float; raft; float (beverage with ice cream on top); float (finance)
shrill; strident; sharp (pain, e.g. headache, earache); ice-cold; very cold
to combine; to join together; to join up; to dovetail together
to sell well; to sell out; to be worldly and understanding; to be sensible; to be sorted out; to be put in order
visualization (data, results, etc.); visualisation; making something visible (that was previously unseen)
magic (illusion); conjuring; magic trick; conjuring trick; sleight of hand
falling far short (of); being far behind; being far inferior (to); being no match (for)
endurance contest; test of endurance
to be hot on a person's heels
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
next work (writer, composer, etc.)
preeminence; excellence; superiority; transcendence
to entrance; to possess; to enthrall
magnetism; magnetic force
three-pronged fork; trident; trifurcate; three-pronged; three-way (e.g. outlet)
drinker; person who can hold their drink
one's own army; one's own team
to transcribe; to duplicate; to describe; to film; to picture
great person; eminent figure
things left (to one) by the deceased; inherited item; estate; lost item; lost property
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
something going right into or coming right out of a place where it fits snugly