trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
to smooth out; to straighten; to relax
simplified version; abridged edition
about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
to be enrolled (in a college, course of study, etc.); to be a member (of an organization)
quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)
original proposer; originator; proponent; initiator
number of copies; circulation
sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around
(in the) style of a gate; gate-equipped (house, shop, etc.); kanji "gate" radical (radical 169)
handbook; instruction book; manual
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
(arch.) I; (arch.) me; (person having) thin or shaved eyebrows; affectionate suffix for names of young men or pets
urgent; requiring quick (response)
reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
combination; union; incorporation; congruence
mailing costs; postal charges; postage
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
before the gate; in front of the gate
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
to be able to manage somehow or another
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
famous (commercial) establishment; well-known store (shop, restaurant)
individual; separate; personal; case-by-case
cracking sound (e.g. cracking one's knuckles); crunching sound
place; room; margin; scope
support (e.g. for an argument); backing; proof; evidence; corroboration; substantiation
beard (esp. on the chin); goatee
abstinence from alcohol; temperance; prohibition of drinking
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action