How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
a long, long time ago; very long ago
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
to stop walking; to pause
tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
dry and rough; desiccated; rustling
to combine parts of two different things into a new thing; to compromise; to balance out
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); shouting repeatedly; pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh
confidence; trust; faith; credit
to take (something) along; to bring with one; to carry (something) away; to bear
state of the war; war situation
captain; commander; commanding officer; leader
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
finally; in the end; after all that; eventually; on top of all that
last days; the end; one's fate
to walk noisily; to walk loudly
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
enemy camp; enemy line; last 3 rows of the board
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
trap (for catching animals); snare; trap; trick; ruse
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
to try to do; to attempt to do
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
to be caught in a trap (snare, etc.); to fall for (a trick, ambush, etc.)
probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
what kind of thing; anything (else); nothing (but)
way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
what's that?; what the ...