important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency
victory or defeat; victory and defeat
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
pipe; tube; gun barrel; gun; cannon; well lining
100,000,000; one hundred million
leadership; initiative; spearhead
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes
deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear)
to impress; to move one's heart; to touch (a person's heart)
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
state (of mind); mental state; field (of activity); one's lot; circumstance; place
with a bump; with a clunk
main theater of war; principal battlefield
horse riding; horseback riding; horseback rider
supply; supplying; replenishment
deployment; disposition; posting; stationing
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
free action; free activity; acting at one's own discretion; taking one's own course; free hand; independent action
slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude); nod; salutation; consideration; thoughtfulness
street at night; making a night journey
regret; flesh, blood vessels and fat from around chicken heart (usu. served as yakitori)
calling by name; designation; nomination
being together; going together; matching (clothing); going together
reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
to couch (a sword); to look at cynically or ironically; (arch.) to stand ready (to do); (arch.) to adopt a formal attitude
to coquet (of a woman); to entice a customer (of a prostitute); to flatter; to butter up
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
suspension bridge; viaduct; temporary bridge; mediation; go-between
to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate
refugee; displaced person; person inconvenienced by (lack of something); person unable to satisfactorily (marry, shop, etc.)
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean