military exploits; military feats; military achievements; distinguished military service
placement; fixed position; mapping out; location
draft; draught; cold air entering through the crack of a door or window; cooling off of a relationship; draft of cold air between two persons
to smoke (a cigarette); to behave as ...; to accelerate; to rev up
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
ringleader; accomplished villain
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
readiness; preparedness; attitude; kanji "vapor" radical
preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind
favorable; favourable; friendly; vividly colored; vividly coloured
nonchalantly; without a care
previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
the five fingers; leading five; top five
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
to tease; to irritate; to tantalize; to keep (someone) in suspense
young and energetic; up-and-coming
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
parasol (esp. one carried in the hand); sunshade
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
behavior; behaviour; manner
discreet; modest; cautious
convulsions (in a child); nervousness; short-temperedness; bug thought to cause children's diseases
story; topic (on everyone's lips); (the stuff of) legend
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
employer's house; master's house
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
to fall in love at first sight; (arch.) to see for the first time; (arch.) to meet for the first time; (arch.) to have sexual relations for the first time
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
waiting expectantly; waiting eagerly; looking forward to; long-awaited