to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority
right to decide; having say (in a decision)
official announcement; proclamation
depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
persistent; obstinate; stubborn; pigheaded
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
deputy secretary (government); deputy director
hanger-on; follower; flunky; purse strapped round one's waist
leading actor; star; leading figure; central figure; key figure
reinforcement (e.g. of troops)
six; sixth (interval, chord)
immediately; at once; instantly
to miss (capturing); to fail to catch; to let slip
to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off
to chase away; to drive away; to drive out
second generation; second; junior
(one's) life is not in danger; not life-threatening
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
timid; faint-hearted; wimpish
report card; result sheet
to read thoroughly; to read repeatedly; to express (e.g. emotion in poetry); to read (extra meaning) into (something); to fetch (e.g. CPU inst.); to read (data into a system)
while; during; performed in this condition
that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go
autosuggestion; self-suggestion
cheap; rubbishy; shoddy; roughly made
to finger; to tamper (with)
wiles; trick; artifice; lover (male) (esp. of a prostitute)
throwaway; disposable; single-use
dying at one's post; being killed in the line of duty
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into