to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
to strike; to hit; to attack; to bash; to sound out (someone's views); to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces
number; number plate; license plate
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
to let pass; to allow through; to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.); to conduct (electricity); to stick through (e.g. a hole); to force through (e.g. an opening); to connect (e.g. two places)
plan; scheme; stratagem; trick; trap; plot
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
left utterly helpless; have no one to turn to; unapproachable
spy; agent provocateur; covert operative; maker; builder; constructor
fame; distinction; rise; advancement
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
face-to-face talk; direct communication; direct dialogue; direct talk
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
agency; agent; answering (the door, phone, etc. on someone's behalf); ushering in (a visitor); passing on (a message); conveyance
circumstances; condition; arranging; managing; lending money; raising money
duty; obligation; responsibility
to enter; to go into; to meddle (in); to interfere (in); to go deeply (into an issue); to delve deeper (into)
strict order; peremptory command
communist bloc; Iron Curtain
iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable
sense of duty (obligation)
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
blind (devotion, faith, etc.); reckless
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
beginning; clue; starting point
his true objective lies elsewhere; there are ulterior motives at play; (lit.) the enemy is at Honnōji
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
to catch fire; to be ignited; to ignite; to flare up (of an emotion, controversy, etc.); to blaze; to be ignited (of a dispute, commotion, etc.)
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
tone (of voice); manner of talking
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
likely to do; liable to do; (quite) capable of doing; may (well) do; might do; could do
just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)
after all; in the end; when all's said and done; for the time being; at present
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking