taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
daytime; noon; broad daylight
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
sobriety; soberness; sober face
Imperial tour; royal progress
cock-a-doodle-doo (sound made by cockerels, roosters); cockerel; rooster (childish term)
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
utilization of water; water supply; irrigation; water transportation; navigability (e.g. of a river)
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
to fulfill one's responsibility
contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features
skill; dexterity; master hand
dropping out; falling behind; omission; being left out; falling off; coming off
return fire; shooting back
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected
raid; military attack by a mobile unit; hit-and-run attack; shortstop; short
the principle of the thing
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
proxy; ringer; substitute; second serving of noodles (to add to previously purchased ramen)
in respect of; in regards to; as for
(behaving with) patience and prudence; putting up with something
please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
skewer; spit; skewering; impalement; running through (e.g. with spear)
to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
personal affair; one's own affair
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
pile; heap; counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.); layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat; combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
hollow at nape of the neck; (arch.) toddler's shaved hairstyle leaving a small portion at the nape (esp. Edo period)
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
floating bridge; pontoon bridge