activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
within expectations; as expected; within the scope of hypothesis or assumption
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to talk; to chat; to chatter
not worth considering; out of the question
training; drill; practice; discipline
true character; true heart; true spirit
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
to lose sight of; to miss
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
foresight; foreknowledge; divination
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
(United States of) America; USA; US
relation; connection; relevance
exactly right!; indeed; damn straight
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start