pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
be (that) as it may; having said that
mumbling; muttering; complaining (continuously) about something
every month; monthly; month by month
favourable wind; favorable wind
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
whatever will be, will be; things happen the way they happen
to forget to say; to forget to mention
military personnel; soldier
in that respect; on that point; in that regard
foolishness; silliness; stupidity; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
convening; calling together (e.g. parliament); call-up (for military service)
different item; different lot
guidepost; signpost; guide; manual; tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)
attacker (esp. in volleyball)
thoughtless; reckless; seldom; rare; ordinary; usual
going straight on; going straight ahead
light (e.g. aircraft, truck); light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp); kei car
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
to collect; to gather; to compile; to arrange; to settle
escort (e.g. under guard); convoy
cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out
countermeasure; counter-measure
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
order; command; life; destiny; fate
first come, first served; the early bird catches the worm
main constituent; core; nucleus; subject (philosophical); protagonist
to easily defeat; to eat (one's opponent) alive; to bilk; to swindle; to dupe