amusement; fun; brief entertainment
prudence; discretion; thought; consideration
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
hostile party; enemy side
lately; recently; nowadays; terribly; awfully; extremely
to head out (for); to head (to); to go (to); to leave (for)
lament (song); elegy; dirge; Lamentations (book of the Bible)
to take (someone) along; to bring along; to be accompanied by
lately; recently; nowadays; terribly; awfully; extremely
scheming; planning; maneuvering; manoeuvring; plotting
6th day of the month; six days
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
hiding at all costs; desperate cover-up; doing one's best to keep (something) secret
to draw (a line); to demarcate; to mark; to plan
negotiations; bargaining; discussions; connection; relationship; relations
to spring up; to leap to one's feet; to jump up and down
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
to give someone a surprise; to catch off guard and fluster; to frustrate (e.g. someone's plans); to give someone a blow; to scare the hell out of
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
getting tired of; getting sick of; getting bored with; getting fed up with
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore
extermination; elimination; renouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings); curing (an illness)
this very day; today is the day (that ...); today for sure
decision; determination; resolution
kudzu (Pueraria montana); Japanese arrowroot; Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)
up until now; as recently as the present
a lot; many; (not) much; (not) many; almost (none)
to cramp up; to tighten; to be insistent; to persist (in one's opinion); to act tough; to bluff; to prop up (e.g. with a post)
loss of nerve; attack of nerves; panic
ingenuity; resourcefulness
patience; endurance; undercover ninja; embedded ninja
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
heavy rainfall; heavy snowfall; steady rainfall; downpour; raining in earnest
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
temporary manifestation of a Buddha (or bodhisattva, etc.) in the form of a Shinto kami
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
one house; the same house
open veranda; open verandah