well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good
to lose money; to spend money
to make efforts; to take pains; to break a bone
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
(United States of) America; USA
(United States of) America; USA; US
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
alliance (of the Six Kingdoms against the Qin dynasty, and of individual Kingdoms with the Qin dynasty); (tactic of) making and breaking alliances (to benefit oneself as the occasion demands); resorting to alliances as a diplomatic expedient
intensification; aggravation
well-informed person; thinking person; intelligent person
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
individual; distinctive; unique; characteristic; personal; idiosyncratic
personnel; members; lineup (of a team); announcement of next day's match-ups
pole; climax; extreme; extremity
daily publication; daily issue
official announcement; proclamation
N-system (automatic number-plate recognition system)
conference; consultation; discussion; negotiation
light (color, colour, taste); simple; plain; frank; candid; ingenuous
major war; great war; world war
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
to pass from one's lips; to escape one's lips
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
to meddle; to poke one's nose into; to interfere; to make a pass at; to flirt with; to make a move on
exchange of ideas; exchange of opinions; brainstorming
long-awaited; much-awaited
the big two...; two major...; two main...
leader; magnate; big head
fair; just and upright; open and honest; aboveboard; honourable