patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)
to keep watch; to stand guard
conquest; subjugation; overcoming
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
covered with; stained; smeared
living thing; organism; creature; biology
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
worldwide; global; international; world-famous; world-class
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
bow (of boat); prow; stem
horizon (related to bodies of water)
spectacles for far-sightedness; telescope
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
only recently; just of late
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
concealment; suppression; hiding
in its entirety; whole; wholly
certain; definite; clear; credible
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
in a hurry; hastily; in feverish haste
guidelines for action; personal principles
emergency; accident; rare possibility; unexpected occurrence
off the coast; offshore; out at sea
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
depending on the situation; depending on circumstances
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
other side; opposite side; other party
anchorage; anchoring; mooring