indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
way; method; means; (technical) specification
ambush; troops in ambush; unexpected opposition; unexpected obstacle
minidisc; MD; missile defense; MD; magnetic disk; MD
receiving (a message, letter, email, etc.); reception (radio, TV, etc.)
in advance; beforehand; previously
to encamp; to take up a position
victory or defeat; victory and defeat
youth; minor; young people
to smile back (at a person); to answer someone's smile
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
shuffling of tiles; cleaning mahjong tiles
mahjong parlour; mahjong parlor
medal; shield; card on which dharani (etc.) are written; notice board (in a Zen temple); tile (mahjong, dominos, etc.)
to become verminous; to be infested with insects; to begin to keep bad company; to have an (unfavorable, unfavourable) lover
you can never be too careful
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
to whine; to make feeble complaints
decline; ebb; failure; decay; decrease; loss
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
the entire strength; all hands; all the members
deployment; spreading out; dispersal
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part
quadruped; four-footed animal
stimulative; incentive; irritative
to pierce through; to break through
victim; injured party; sufferer
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
leopard (Panthera pardus)
real hair; one's own hair
stripe; bar; streak; (weaved) stripe pattern (of 2 or more different colors)
to border; to fringe; to hem; to edge
eye mucus; eye discharge; sleep
fur; skin; pelt; kanji "fur" radical
front right; front and right; before and right; right side under (clothing)