formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy
one's own army; one's own team
detonation by contact; contact detonation; touching off (something); triggering; sparking
active; dynamic; energetic
taking command of a corps in a battle; command exercised by the leader of a group
straight-laced person; stubborn person
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
to raise objections; to complain; (to have the right) to say anything
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
way out; means to escape; escape route
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
to explain adequately; to be accountable
to inlay; to set; to stud (e.g. star-studded sky); to enchase (something) with; to mount (gems)
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
to take a fancy to something; to be moved; to feel inclined to
sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
intelligence gathering; information gathering
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
double-sided printing; duplex printing; printing on both sides (of paper)
Sunday; nth day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
first day of the month; the first of the month
musical composition; tune
to move (something) to another location; to change the position of; to rearrange; to replace; to exchange; to switch
expressing emotion; drawing facial expressions
creative work (e.g. artistic, literary)
degenerate; decadent; corrupt
same generation; one's generation
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
tide; tidal current; tendency; drift; trend
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up
25th day of the month; 25 days
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
to babble in one's cups; to ramble drunkenly
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline