intelligence gathering; information gathering
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
probability; likelihood; chances
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
haniwa; hollow unglazed terracotta figure from the Kofun period
presumption; assumption; estimation
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
stipulation; prescription; provision; regulation; rule
infringement (of a law, treaty, etc.); contravention; conflict (with a theory, claim, etc.); inconsistency; (arch.) collision; (arch.) contact
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
order (from one's superior); command; what you say; (someone's) words
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
my; one's own; personal; privately owned
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
(are you) alright?; (are you) OK?
brother (usu. in names of films, companies, etc.)
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress