to be in complete attendance
propriety; right and wrong; advisability; pro and con; ayes and noes
to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
preservation; retainment; keeping
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
to look on enviously while doing nothing; (lit.) to hold a finger in one's mouth
to break the silence; to break one's silence
western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
eastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)
defence forces; defence corps
to distribute; to arrange; to arrange; to lay out (as in decorating); (arch.) to marry off; (arch.) to exile
from the viewpoint of; according to
mishmash; miscellany; medley; jumble; mixture; odds and ends
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
collapsing in the street (from exhaustion, illness, etc.); falling dead in the street; person lying dead in the street
sun; sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
empirical; from experience
uneasiness; vague apprehension; premonition
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
bombshell announcement (statement)
to perceive; to understand
forced march; (fig.) doing something on a very strict schedule
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
official document; archives
invisible writing revealed by applying heat; writing done in invisible ink
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
smack in the middle; perfect strike; bull's eye; perfect (for something or someone); just right; just the way one likes it
hostess bar; bar with female companions for male customers
eyes and nose; looks; facial features; shape; form
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness
completely black; black from top to bottom; black from head to toe
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
stimulation (e.g. of an economy); revitalization (e.g. of a town); rejuvenation; activation
to work out; to think out; to devise; to invent