sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
catch; catching; catch; shop tout; puller-in; catching (in swimming and boating); catching the water
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
change of course; route change; direction change
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
than; from; out of; except; but; more
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
deployment; spreading out; dispersal
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
formation (e.g. of aircraft)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
group; bunch; crowd; group
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
main body (of an army); main force; these troops
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
beginning; outset; first; onset
decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon
reinforcement (e.g. of troops)
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
booby prize; prize for coming second-last