work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
future years; in (one's) later years
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
product; produce; result; fruit
antecedents; ancestor; previous position; previous existence; predecessor organization; predecessor organisation
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
one's own work; making by oneself
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
spoiled fun; loss of interest; damper (e.g. on the party); wet blanket; turn-off
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
questions and answers; dialogue
to pour water (into); to dilute with water; to hinder; to hamper; to throw cold water on
head; lead; vanguard; first
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
in turns; alternately; in order
to be talented; to be able
crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to entertain; to make welcome
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
looking for something; searching for something; object being sought
to flutter (in the wind); to wave; to turn over; to flip over; to suddenly change (attitude, opinion, etc.); to suddenly switch
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
quick-witted and agile; keen and nimble
to change into; to be transformed; to be transfigured; to transform; to alter; to convert
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
floor above; floor upstairs
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)