intelligence gathering; information gathering
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
to be suspicious (of something or somebody)
skeletal frame; skeleton; framework; frame; outline
sensitive; fragile; feeble; indecisive
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
model; dummy; model (profession); fashion model; model (of a vehicle, machine, etc.); version; model (e.g. mathematical)
figure; body shape; build; somatotype; biotype; habitus
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
slightly (of an action); (looking) small and quiet
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
aimlessly; unexpectedly (showing up); slowly swaying; staggering; moving feebly
to go out and away; to leave
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
none of your business!; don't bother me!; keep out of it!
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
(act of) writing on a blackboard
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
provisional; temporary; tentative
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects
swallowing whole; swallowing without chewing; taking something in without fully understanding it; accepting without reservation; accepting something as-is
bento; Japanese box lunch
full stomach; filling one's stomach; eating one's fill; complete; total; full
internal organs; viscera; intestines
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship