equality; impartiality; evenness
thousand years; millennium; perpetuity; eternity
depends entirely on; depends above all on
front and back; inside and outside; two sides; duplicity; double-dealing; being two-faced
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to possess (someone; of an evil spirit, idea, etc.)
two (long cylindrical things)
first rider in a charge; first (person) to arrive
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
common foot soldier (feudal Japan); samurai of the lowest rank
to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue
checking someone's identity; identification (of a suspect); identification (by a general) of the severed head of an enemy killed in battle
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
to tie (to); to fasten; to attach; to connect (one thing with another); to link; to bring together
to climb over; to get over; to overcome (a difficulty, obstacle, etc.); to surmount; to surpass (a predecessor); to overtake
to ask for (e.g. a fee); to charge (a price); to accept (e.g. orders); to receive
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run; to start moving (e.g. a vehicle); to take off; to get under way
overflowing; flood; inundation; oversupply; plethora; abundance (esp. of something undesirable)
support; help; backing; covering (from enemy attack); protection
mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock
mole cricket (esp. the Oriental mole cricket, Gryllotalpa orientalis); being penniless; being broke
when one has just fallen asleep; moment just after falling asleep; time soon after falling asleep
deep sleep; sound sleep; profound sleep
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
to muster (e.g. one's courage); to call forth; to rouse up; to be enlivened; to be invigorated
to stick (to); to cling (to); to adhere (to); to stay (in a place); to stick close (to someone); to follow (someone) around
to wrench open; to break open; to pry open; to prise open; to force open