acknowledgment; acknowledgement; letter of thanks
dated (e.g. a letter); date of effect (e.g. a rule change)
to put into effect; to put into practice
monolith; large slab of rock
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
very great; enormous; serious
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
drum (e.g. oil, gasoline); metal barrel
well-cooked; well-done; browned
Gifu prefecture (Chūbu area)
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
blunder; (careless) mistake; error
(musical) time; tempo; beat; the moment; the instance; chance
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
to well up; to burst; to arise
the rounds of tradesmen going door to door; route man; door-to-door tradesman; thief taker; secret policeman
to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to
immediate reply; quick answer; ready agreement
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
long telephone conversation; being on the phone for a long time
bygones; the past; past event
brilliant; bright; dazzling
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
madder (esp. Japanese madder, Rubia argyi); madder (red color)
dagger; stiletto; confidant; right-hand man
boss (esp. yakuza); foreman
one's younger brother; underling (e.g. in yakuza); junior male peer; sworn younger brother
rank; ranking order; hierarchy
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
supervision; superintendence; chairmanship; chairman