preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
to take action; to start; to get started; to begin to do
breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
reckless remark; rash remark; thoughtless words; falsehood
snow surface; surface of snow
caster; newscaster; news anchor; anchorman
noninclusion in a team; not being chosen to play
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
other side; other party; other end (e.g. of phone connection); opposition
presenter; speaker; performer; actor; participant (in a TV show or TV panel)
framework (of a building); foundation; mainstay; support; supporter
difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
unexpectedly; surprisingly
(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
pride; dignity; self-respect
laughingstock; butt of ridicule
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
long time (since the last time); first in a long time
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; joseki (in go); standard sequence (esp. in a corner); standard move
routine work; everyday work
lapse; abatement; invalidation; expiration; expiry; becoming void
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
(of fire) to spread; to extend itself
(with) great vigour (from the way splitting bamboo goes all down the stick); irresistible force
self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally
other party; other side; ahead; in front; destination
sweet voice; seductive voice
audience; spectator; spectators
baby girl; primary schoolgirl
cosplay (dressing in costume, esp. as a manga character, etc.)
denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)