naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
baton (relay, orchestral conducting, etc.)
fierce; intense; severe; violent; strong; vehement
improvisation; improvised; impromptu; extempore
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
let's see what you've got; show me what you've got
to take hold of; to possess; to haunt
rivalry in love; rivalry for the heart of a woman; quarrel over something trivial; storm in a teacup; quarrel between two samurai due to an (accidental) clash of sheaths while crossing paths
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
safe; in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); all right; OK
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
depression; low spirits; luxuriant (of vegetation)
club activities; extracurricular activities
hurried recruitment; urgent recruitment
salvation by faith in Amitabha; relying on others; depending on others
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
pull; patronage; tug; discount
humming a tune; humming unconcernedly
(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of
to be uneasy; to be anxious; to fear
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
mawashi; belt; mantle; cape; gang rape
service station; gas station; shortstop; sporty sedan; steamship; SS; Secret Service
large notebook (usu. used for taking lecture notes)
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
(very) short story or article; short short story; conté
orderliness; put in order; tidying up; arranging neatly
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
timewise; temporal; chronal
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
to badger; to pester; to beg
somehow; for some reason; in some way; vaguely
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely