making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
accessories; small articles; minor character; small fry; weak one
to be dark; to be dull; to be unassuming; to be inconspicuous; to not stand out
just as (each) one likes; as (each) one pleases; as (each) one prefers; (each) in one's own way
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
thirtieth day of the month; thirty days
criterion; standard; yardstick; rough estimate; approximation
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
looter; plunderer; pillager; marauder
tenth day of the month; ten days
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
superstition; superstitious belief
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
to put on the market; to put out for sale; to put on sale; to become popular
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)
if so; in that case; in that situation
evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
it's best to; it's safest to; there's nothing better than
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
hermit crab; renting a house; tenant
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
time required; time taken; necessary time
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast