correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties
very; greatly; exceedingly
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
just after a holiday break; the first day after the holidays
to show up; to appear; to turn up
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
unmarried; not yet married
bed and food; eating and sleeping
to do together; to share; to participate in
to have tears in one's eyes; to be moved to tears
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; (of a samurai) devoting oneself to (the defence of) one's territory
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
defense; defence; pleading; advocacy
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; a kick
to cause someone to worry
(providing) covering fire; supporting (backing up) someone (in a debate or argument)
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
heaven and earth; top and bottom
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy