question; inquiry; enquiry
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
declaration of war; proclamation of war
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust
explanation; interpretation
red string of fate; in Chinese-Japanese folklore, fated lovers were said to be joined by an unseen red string, tied around one little finger of each
tingling sensation (e.g. in a leg); feeling numb; painful tingle; noisily; ears ringing
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
to stare at each other; to lock eyes with
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
veil of darkness; curtain of night
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
brilliant; bright; dazzling
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
scene; spectacle; sight; view
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
with a bang; with a crash; with a bump; suddenly (fall); sharply
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
useless; worthless; absurd; baloney
feeling of loneliness; feeling of desolation
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
a glow; heat; burning sensation; hot flash
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
to cross one's mind; to occur to one
one-by-one; separately; in detail
affection; love; fondness; tenderness
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
to become a couple; to be man and wife; to be married to