through a wall; on the other side of a wall
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
high-handed; domineering; on one's high horse
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
home area; home town; local
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
elder sister; effeminate man
to be pretentious; to put on airs; to show off
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
it can't be helped; so it goes; c'est la vie
to give someone a surprise; to catch off guard and fluster; to frustrate (e.g. someone's plans); to give someone a blow; to scare the hell out of
once in a lifetime (opportunity); (a golden opportunity that may) happen only once in a thousand years
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched
secret information; intelligence
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
materials; data; document
copier paper; photocopying paper
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
munitions; military stores
goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies
dazaifu (under the ritsuryo system, governmental office with jurisdiction over Kyushu, Iki and Tsushima)
100,000,000,000; hundred billion; many
in a crowd; ganging up (on); joining forces
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
former site (of something); site (e.g. of a demolished building)
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
distance in a straight line
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize