capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
to (relax and) stretch one's legs out; to go for a further walk
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
love romance; love story; romance; romance story; romantic fiction
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
scene; sight; scenario; setting
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
sense of urgency; feeling of high tension
excuse; explanation; justification; defense; defence
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
confession; acknowledgement; acknowledgment
candidly revealing (secrets); revelation; disclosure; confession
to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
what I want to say is ...; the fact of the matter is ...; none other than ...
wall material; wall-finishing material; wallplate (e.g. in a mine)
sprinkling; dropping in small light bits
thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; halfway; half-done; incomplete
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
to be in a fit (of anger); to rage
feeling keenly; fully realizing
to accept somebody's challenge; to take up the gauntlet
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
public and private; official and personal; government and people
distinction (e.g. between right and wrong, public and private, etc.)
addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)
attaching the polite suffix "-sama" to somebody's name (more polite than "-san")
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
insight; discernment; perception; perspicacity; acumen
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
charm; incantation; spell; curse
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
to become settled; to be fixed
to atone for; to expiate; to redeem; to make up for; to compensate for