pirate; sea robber; buccaneer; freebooter
youthful indiscretion; youthful enthusiasm; youthful excess
logistical support; combat service support
show one's real ability; illustration of the distinctive character of (something)
direct transaction; spot transaction
headquarters; head office; main office
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
discipline; training; teaching manners
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
as is habit; the way life normally is
datum point; cardinal point; reference point; origin
scabbard; sheath; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
indigestion; dyspepsia; incomprehensibility; inability to understand
discernment; penetration; insight; intellectual acumen
light and easy; lambent; clever; witty; smart
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
oath; pledge; pact; covenant; alliance
fluent (in a language); flowing
otherwise; or else; if not
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
one by one; one after another; successively
juniors dominating seniors; inferiors overthrowing their superiors; retainer supplanting his lord
extermination (esp. pests); expulsion; destruction
to check; to stop; to keep back
to run around; to bustle about; to busy oneself
to make a fool of someone
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
cruel; inhumane; callous; brutal
to retaliate; to return a blow; to strike back at; to retort
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of