permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
document; letter; writing; contents (e.g. of a letter)
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
space on a page (e.g. in a newspaper); surface of paper; letter; writings
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
to write down; to record; to register
realm of the dead; the other world; underworld; hell
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
to take flight; to disappear
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
soft to the touch (e.g. fur, feathers); fluffy; to stroke (something fluffy); to rub; to pat
single horseman; wait for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand; wait for half of one's pair with four melds completed
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
dignified appearance; majestic appearance; imposing appearance
to cringe with fear; to cower with fright; to be terribly afraid
postwar period; period after Second World War
land readjustment; town planning
making doubly sure; insurance run (baseball); points scored for good measure
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
innumerable; countless; numberless
to rain incessantly; to downpour
port city; harbor city; harbour city
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
escape; flight; breakout; fleeing; desertion