leader; leaders; dotted line; reader (textbook); reader (i.e. a person who reads); microreader
yes; sure; gotcha; sycophantically; servilely; fawningly
as you can imagine; as imagined
delivery; transfer; hand-over
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to deal with (an issue); to manage; to treat (someone); to deal with (someone)
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
these guys; these fellows
quotient; business; merchant; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
timewise; temporal; chronal
protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
to slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade
small number; few; minority
change; alternation; rotation; replacement; substitution; shift
postponement; deferment; adjournment
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
if so; in that case; in that situation
transshipment; reshipment
early morning; early hours; early in the morning
to take possession of (forcibly); to take over (a company, account, etc.); to capture (a castle, enemy position, etc.); to hijack (a plane, ship, etc.)
to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to accept (a gift or money)
to get on a horse; to mount a horse
having two horses draw (e.g. a carriage); two-horse-drawn carriage
to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate
end; finish; bound; limit; finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki); trump card
nata; sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting (often with a rectangular blade)
another name; different name; synonym; alias; pseudonym; pen name
eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
edged tool; cutting instrument; knife
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
business; work; operations; service; duties
at this stage; at this point; (only) now
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
street at night; making a night journey
report; notification; tip; message (in information and communication theory)
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
to experience (something unpleasant); to go through; to suffer
insufficient; inadequate; imperfect