research division; inquiry section
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
assistant chief of staff, g2
follow-up report; further news
marching orders; sailing orders
civil servants; bureaucrat
(principle of) letting sleeping dogs lie; peace-at-any-price; don't rock the boat
final stage; final stretch; live printing area (in publishing); gallery (in a theatre); driving (animals, fish, etc.); herding
hideout (e.g. of fugitive from justice); hiding place
stay calm; don't be rushed; don't be flustered
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
sauce (esp. soy or mirin-based dipping sauce); hanging; something hanging (flap, lappet, etc.); (kendo) loin guard; kanji radical enclosing the top-left corner of a character; -ass
watch your step; slippery floor
ornamental (foliage) plant; houseplant
service industry; service sector
to jostle; to shove and push; to struggle with one another
divine wind (esp. a typhoon thought to have protected Japan from a Mongolian invasion in the 13th century); kamikaze
Mongol invasions of Japan (1274, 1281)
vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment; vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
honorable certificate; honourable certificate
making a living copying or writing
commendation ceremony; award ceremony
hurry; rush; simple; brief; rough; crude
to be matched against (in a sports contest)
(work) performance evaluation; performance review; efficiency rating
reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
higher rank; better position
regular customer; general audience; general public
useless messenger; doing only as one is told; fool's errand
to allow a less skilled person to practice with one (esp. in sumo)
within the jurisdiction of
to push aside; to brush aside
ranking wrestler in the makuuchi (senior-grade) or juryo (junior-grade) divisions
bulky and heavy; massive; solid; dignified; imposing; composed