invention; intelligent; clever; smart
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit
deadlock; standstill; stalemate; impasse; standoff
to lose one's temper; to lose patience; to have enough; to be exasperated; to become irritated; to get fed up
to think of; to come up with
Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
ace; ace (of a team); leading player; ace; hotshot; ace (serve)
Qingdao (China); Tsingtao; Chingtao
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically; strategy; tactics
flight time; number of flight hours
futures; credit (buying); stretching; total (preceding counter, unit, etc.); aggregate
honeymoon period (e.g. between two countries)
to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress
foot of a mountain; plain at the foot of a mountain; range; spread; extent
owner of the rights to a patent; patentee; holder of a patent
enterprise; business; company; corporation
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
registration; accession; register; entry; record; subscription
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
way of speaking; intimation
dispute; conflict; trouble; unrest; strife
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
four-panel comic strip; yonkoma
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key point; main point; weakling
rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)
there is nothing; having nothing
very rare; very unlikely (to happen); scarcely; seldom; improbable; almost never (occurring)
frame (e.g. of film, panel in a comic, etc.); scene; time block (e.g. of a class schedule)