to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
unclean; dirty; unsanitary; indecent; dirty (story, money, etc.); obscene
westering sun; setting sun; afternoon sun
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
replacement; substitution; change; shunting (rail); switching
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
sensitivity (e.g. of a measuring instrument); reception (radio, TV, etc.); sensitivity (of film)
operation; functioning; running
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
ago; since; before; previous
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
technical book; specialized book; treatise
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
station; office; guardroom
baldness; bald head; bald person; baldy; idiot; moron
shiny, bald head; person with a shiny, bald head
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
two places; two spots; two locations; two parts; two passages
other self; alter ego; part of oneself (in someone or something else); incarnations of Buddha
forward; officious; impertinent; intrusive
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
sesame seeds; sesame (Sesamum indicum)
study; pursuit of knowledge
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that