reservation; putting on hold; deferment
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
assertion; declaration; affirmation
being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous
slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
to sniff out; to get wind of
tender-hearted; compassionate; charitable; good-hearted
presence (of a nobleman, the emperor, etc.); outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); My Lord; My Lady
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others
water; (drinking) water; night entertainment business; nightlife worker; racy; titillating
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
to pass from one's lips; to escape one's lips
one's share; one's portion
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
tensely; tightly; erectly; intuitively; instinctively; with a burst
high alert; a state of high alert; on alert
entering the capital; entering Tokyo
apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
allied forces; the Allies (e.g. in WWII)
clear as day; perfectly obvious; plain as daylight
Britain and France; Anglo-French
orchid; Netherlands; Holland
to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to lob (e.g. grenades)
to catch fire; to provoke; to catch fire from; to be ignited
to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice
to be outpushed; to lose a pushing competition