to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run; to start moving (e.g. a vehicle); to take off; to get under way
headache inducing; vexing
ill feeling; ill will; animosity; bad impression
influential person; man of importance
to manage a state; to govern a country
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
reaction; response; reaction
near; nearby; not far off
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction; annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling on appeal); quashing
to flatly refuse; to reject; to spurn
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
firm; solid; steady; secure; unshakeable; unwavering
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
beard (esp. on the chin); goatee
to draw through one's hand; to stroke (e.g. a beard); to work someone hard; to masturbate
the latter; the second; successor; descendant
very improbable; vanishingly unlikely; only with a miracle
discharge; evacuation; emission (e.g. of CO2); ejection; excretion
skill learned in one's former days; using one's experience from the past
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
militant (faction, group, person, etc.); hardliner who favors force over compromise; hawk
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
scar on one's forehead; frontal wound
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
Noto (former province located in the north of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture); Noto (peninsula)
four times; four-colour process printing; CMYK printing
rival; opponent; revenge; (arch.) spouse
pause (in speech, writing, etc.); punctuation; break; end; (place to) stop
to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied
good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit
to vitalize (e.g. an industry); to invigorate; to energize; to establish (e.g. a company); to build up; to set up
one's own house; own; personal; autologous
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)