changing clothes; change of clothes
eagerly (waiting); (waiting) impatiently
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head
to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly
to be helpful; to be useful
after a long time; for the first time in a while
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
ten; 10; ten years of age
body; trunk; torso; hull (boat); fuselage (aircraft)
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
in proportion to; according to; depending on
utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus
to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
to go out and away; to leave
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
immediately; right away; on the spot
to leave (a scene); to step away
one's physical safety; personal security
discovery; detection; finding
riskiness; (level of) danger
forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
gunport; embrasure; muzzle
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with