throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
quite clearly; quite distinctly; perfectly; exactly
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
tower; tall building; turret; lookout; (arch.) brothel
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse
person or organization (esp. yakuza) in charge of solving problems caused by subordinates; member of a biker gang driving behind the rest (in charge of keeping the police away from the other members)
boss (esp. yakuza); foreman
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
female high-school student
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
none of your business!; don't bother me!; keep out of it!
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
to mix with; to be mixed; to be mingled
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
these guys; these fellows
listening device; bug; wiretap
supply; provision; raising; procurement
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)