attendance; presence; appearance
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
manipulation of information; spin
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
decisive defeat; rout; thrashing; losing big
quitting while one is ahead
unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
steering; helmsman; coxswain; guidance; leadership; leader
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
dialogue; discussion; conversation; interaction
to strengthen; to beef up; to put on a firm basis; to ensure; to secure
deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
to press a question; to cross-examine
the place for; the time for; the level of
to drink up; to drain (cup)
(table) napkin; serviette; sanitary napkin; sanitary pad
to incorporate; to include; to fill (a vessel) with
to say no more; to sink into silence
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)
(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
to cut out; to clip from; to extract
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties
wall clock; grandfather clock
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
(very) back (last) row; rearmost row