setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative (verb, etc.)
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
one by one; one after another; successively
to assign; to allot; to allocate; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate
moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
gradually becoming poor; situation getting gradually worse and worse
to show up; to appear; to turn up
being very active; being very useful; playing a very active part; making a spectacular showing; great efforts; splendid work
suicide attack; kamikaze attack
to repeat; to do something over again
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
competent in all fields; jack of all trades; very active in many fields; versatile; all-round; (lit.) 8 faces and 6 arms
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
to make an appearance; to show up
strict observance; rigid adherence; scrupulous compliance
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
to beat around the bush; to not speak frankly; to talk in a roundabout way
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
record high; all-time high
to go down in history; to be recorded in the history books
to be driven by (one's feelings); to succumb to
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
test of patience; battle of wills; endurance contest
how long; how much; to what extent
precondition; prerequisite
short pause; short interval
to stare back at; to look back at