refusing to budge; adamant; intransigent; unyielding
maintaining the status quo
making the numbers balance; fixing the numbers; number-juggling; making up the numbers (e.g. to form a majority)
change (personnel); transfer; reshuffle
about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip
surprise attack; sneak attack; foul play
to start making a noise; to start making an uproar; to go berserk
don't worry about it; there is nothing to fear; there is no need for anxiety; everything is under control
to listen again; to ask again
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
teatime; tea break; coffee break
to get dressed up; to treat oneself
one's confidant; trusted friend; trusted retainer
to tie; to fix; to attach
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
turning over; flipping over; reply; response; marks written alongside characters in a classical Chinese text to indicate their ordering when read in Japanese; lapel
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
state ceremony; laborious; troublesome; irksome
recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances
unable to leave the work at hand; right in the middle of something; tied up; busy
incineration; destroy by fire
residence; abode; dwelling
to delay; to put off; to procrastinate
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless
drawing a katana and attacking in the same stroke; doing (something) suddenly and without warning; doing without prior notice
to waste time; to kill time
company president; manager; director
adult; grown-up; person who has come of age; fully fledged; established; qualified
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
manure; fertilizer; fertiliser; compost
production output; number of goods manufactured
service entrance; delivery entrance
to break (by kicking); to kick down (e.g. a door); to kick open; to smash through (e.g. the enemy); to rout
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)