tag; label; game of tag; tag-team match; working together as a team
to be forestalled; to be taken in; to be cheated; to be outwitted
branch road; forked road; branch; crossroads (of a course of events); turning point; parting of the ways
sentimental; on an emotional level; in one's heart
undulation; winding; meandering; swell (of waves); surge; billow
in spite of; regardless of
attraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation); affinity; gravitational pull; attractiveness; magnetism
way of murdering; killing method; way of using a sword
agreement; stipulation; contract
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
land subsidence; decline in influence
wise saying; famous saying
carrying aboard a warship
to Google; to search for information on the WWW
shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine
origin of an affair; spark that lit the fuse; beginning
to break into fragments; to go to pieces
haste makes waste; anger and haste hinder good counsel
to rearrange (classes); to recompose; to reset; to recombine (genes)
accomplishment; execution
to bake; to plate; to print; to burn into one's memory; to sear into one's consciousness
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
effect; result; worth; use; avail
to cramp up; to tighten; to be insistent; to persist (in one's opinion); to act tough; to bluff; to prop up (e.g. with a post)
complete support; full support
to rub out; to clean off; to clear away; to efface; to erase
to hit the mark; to hit the nail on the head
to consider; to eye the possibility (of); to bring into view
beginning of summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar