watch-keeping; guard; lookout
resourcefulness; ability (esp. to earn a living); dependability; reliability
to be launched (e.g. rocket); to lift off; to be washed up (on the shore)
revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)
celebration; auspicious occasion
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
to get angry; to become perverse
improvisation; improvised; impromptu; extempore
common camellia (Camellia japonica)
dismissal; firing; retirement; being relieved from one's post; being relieved of a burden
attendance; presence; appearance
taking the podium; mounting the rostrum; going on stage to give a speech, etc.
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
to carry over; to carry forward; to keep (for later); to defer
final decision; ultimate decision; official decision; finalizing; last word (on or about something); final word
great hurry; great haste; rush
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
watchdog; chaperone; watcher
particularly; only; in the case of
tearfully; in tears; weeping; reluctantly; unwillingly; with a heavy heart
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication
complicated and mysterious
to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine
murder; homicide; manslaughter
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
end (of play, match, etc.); closing; closing a pachinko machine (after it has paid out its designated maximum)