to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to detain; to check; to restrain
uneasiness; vague apprehension; premonition
advance guard; vanguard; athlete who competes in the first match of a team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
entry into a castle (by a conquering force)
midway; halfway through; in the course of
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth
urban areas; the streets; town; city
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
singing voice; (sound of) singing
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death