ironclad rule; inviolable rule; invariable principle; iron law
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
review; reconsideration; revision
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
what percentage; what ratio; what rate; what proportion
to be in sight (e.g. a resolution); to have a clear idea; to have bright prospects
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
counter; service counter (e.g. at a bank); counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.); automatically responding with an upload slot to someone who allows you to download (e.g. in P2P systems)
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
delivering an order; dispatch of an order; messenger; orderly; runner
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
to increase; to add to; to augment
losing initiative; being forestalled; second move (in go or shogi); moving second; rear guard
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to enlist as a supporter; to win over to one's side; to gain as one's ally
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
sensitive (person, heart, etc.); delicate (issue, problem, etc.); sensitive; fragile; delicate; delicate (fabric, shade, flavour, etc.)
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
torture to death; torment to death
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
in accordance with plans; just as planned
to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out
to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful
toil; labor; labour; painstaking piece of work; (a) work involving considerable effort
match (to light fire with)
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
to flare up; to burst into flames
impact (on); (strong) impression; effect; impact (of a ball against a racket, bat, club, etc.)
to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)
tedious; boring; being fed up with
to step forward; to take a step forward; to start on a project, etc.; to take the first step with
to throw at; to turn; to raise
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
underground organization; underground organisation