operating (e.g. ships, aircraft)
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
departure (of a boat, plane); setting sail; leaving port; putting out to sea; takeoff
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture
personal combat; one-to-one fight
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
the same rank; equality; apposition
negligence; neglect; carelessness; procrastination
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
element (esp. component in electronics); elemental device; device; data; datum
plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
flag; tag indicating a future role or status for a character in anime, games, etc. (e.g. death, love, survival)
foreshadowing; preparation; precautionary measures
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
hidden ball trick; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
plot (of a story); plotting (a graph)
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
region; limits; stage; level
team competition; team game
individual match; single game
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
mixing; mixture; meld; miscegenation
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household