stretch; tension; resilience; springiness; will-power; pluck
orderly; regular; systematic; well-organized; well-organised; trim
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
security firm; security company
guardian; protector; patron; parent
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
to ride up to; to drive up to; to get used to riding; to get used to driving
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
drawing a katana and attacking in the same stroke; doing (something) suddenly and without warning; doing without prior notice
degenerate; pervert; deviant
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
ignoring; bypassing; doing something without consultation; going over someone's head
teacher; instructor; teaching staff; faculty member
enquiry; inquiry; query; interrogation; ENQ
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow
exactly right!; indeed; damn straight
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion
having one's back to the wall; having nowhere to go; having no way out; not having another chance
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
sharing one's lot with another; being in the same boat
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
at work; in the midst of work; working
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
Ministry of Justice (1871-1948)
writing; entry (e.g. to a form); posting (e.g. to a blog)
bureaucratic routine; red tape
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
to write to; to send word to; to hand over (official business)