intelligence agency; secret service
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
extermination; annihilation
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
to reach an agreement; to come to an understanding; to compromise (with); to get along well with
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
whole company; all the companies
embedding; implantation; embedding
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
pole; climax; extreme; extremity
lucky omen; happy; auspicious
to become completely chilled
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
true character; true heart; true spirit
self-defense; self-defence
hawks; hardline faction; hardliner
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
to nip (something) in the bud
hostility; antagonism; opposition
to maintain; to continue to have
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
incitement; sedition; agitation; abetting
vitality; energy; dynamism
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
(maintain, observe) social (public) order
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)