bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
to hasten to join; to hurry to visit
hardening; fortifying; pledge; vow; defense; defence
to call; to invite; to eat; to drink; to put on; to wear; to ride
to blow off; to be blown off
trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
to whine; to make feeble complaints
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
to cheer up; to be stirred up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits
one's own flesh and blood; blood relative; kinsman; flesh and bone; (one's) body
one's own child; one's own children
to become excited; to grow lively
suddenly (rising to fame, etc.); instantly; immediately; one bound; one leap
relay station (esp. on Edo-period highway); post station; stage
junction; crossroads; division point; parting of ways
service road; frontage road
TASS (Russian News Agency)
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
orders; instructions; directive; command
male; manly; brave; larger (of the two); greater; (arch.) man
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
delivering an order; dispatch of an order; messenger; orderly; runner
massacre; mass slaughter; genocide; holocaust
international; worldwide; cross-border; cosmopolitan
aspect; phase; condition; modality (philosophy)
to follow in succession; to happen one after another
let a hundred schools of thought contend
to cause trouble; to cause a disturbance
dignitaries; very important persons; VIPs
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
completely exhausted; dog-tired; dreadfully weary; terribly frustrated; limp; weak
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast