tone (of voice); parlance; style; intonation; accent
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
rifling a gun barrel; making lines
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)
outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness
revolutionary (e.g. technology)
to shut in; to confine; to contain
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
embodiment; materialization; actualization; realization; taking form; taking shape
great difference; major mistake
one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
making practical; making useful; implementing
comparing and adjusting; reconciling; lapping; precision surface finishing; margination
unveiling; debut; introduction
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
unveiling a Buddhist image; public exhibition (of a Buddhist image); revealing something that is supposed to remain hidden; opening a gambling house; holding a gambling party
step (of a staircase, etc.); running board (of a bus, train); step (movement); pace; (dance) step; step (in a process)
deployment; spreading out; dispersal
maneuver (usu. of military force); manoeuvre; mobile; nimble; agile
to exchange gunfire; to exchange shots
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
both are bad; neither is good; one's as bad as the other; both are to blame; six of one, half a dozen of the other
trend of the times; way things are going
adaptation; accommodation; conforming; acclimatization; acclimatisation
if there is a chance; if possible; if circumstances permit; if things go well; if luck is on my side
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity
besides; moreover; in addition
to be shut; to close; to be firm (of a body, face, etc.); to be well-knit; to be locked; to tighten