that field; the authorities (esp. the police); the yakuza; organized crime circles
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
dropping (something) headfirst down a precipice; downhill rush; plunging down a precipice
hand-to-hand combat; fighting at close quarters; close combat
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
obstruction; prevention; hindrance; check; blocking; stopping
emission; release; radiation; release (of goods, a player from a team, etc.)
to lose heart; to lose interest; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose focus; to let one's guard down
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
independent action; acting alone
career; occupation; personal history; professional experience; government employee who has passed the highest national civil service exam; carrier; carrier (of a disease-causing agent)
aptitude; aptness; suitability
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
tracer bullet; star shell; flare bomb
to bring in; to take in; to approach (someone) with (a proposal, offer, problem, etc.); to bring; to bring (to another stage); to take (e.g. to court, to extra time, to a play-off)
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
lament (song); elegy; dirge; Lamentations (book of the Bible)
to be hot on a person's heels
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
to miss a chance; to miss an opportunity
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
area of the field one is supposed to (or able to) defend; (one's) field; (one's) scope; one's type; kind of person one is attracted to
to know; to understand; to (understand and) accept (a responsibility); to have a knowledge of (a skill, art, etc.); to have a command of
globular shape; spherical shape
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
start of a war; beginning of hostilities
to be remembered; to go down in history
decisive action; going through with; daring to do; carrying out
to overflow from something full
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
as planned; according to plan
pyrotechnic signal; signal flare