contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
rescue mission; evacuation operation
great disturbance; great tumult; turmoil; wild uproar; pandemonium
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
banning of books; banned book
invisibly; secretly; privately
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining
favour; favor; obligation; kindness; benevolence
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
stealthily; secretly; in secret
long stretch; long haul; marathon; long scene (in a play); long act
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
with a rustling sound; (rummaging) around
stakeout; ambush; lookout; watch; paste-up; collage
double tooth; protruding tooth (like a fang); high canine
weekend; Saturday and Sunday
sale; sales; selling; marketing
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series; -type
one's speciality; one's forte; one's strong point
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
plastic bottle (made of polyethylene terephthalate); PET bottle
suddenly; in a flash; quickly; conspicuously; prominently; showily