attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
strategist; tactician; schemer
hedgehog (any mammal of family Erinaceidae)
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
doors and shoji (sliding doors with paper panes)
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
brute force approach (esp. in a video game)
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
news; word; tidings; omen; foreboding; premonition
to crawl out; to creep out; to begin to crawl
inside the Imperial Palace; Department of the Imperial Household
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
(saying) with one voice; unanimously; in chorus; in unison; as one
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to grow angry; to display one's anger
to see; to look; to watch; to try to ...
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
murder-suicide; forced double or multiple suicide
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
to project; to stand out; to jut out; to go somewhere (e.g. for work); to proceed to; to leave for
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
with one's life (protect, etc.); at the cost of one's life
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
travelling (a long and difficult journey) on foot; walking (all the way) across; travelling through; travelling all over (e.g. a country); visiting all the major locations (of a region, etc.)
to look sour; to look disgusted; to scowl; to frown
dispute; controversy; debate; argument; taking issue
to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close
to get entangled in; to be involved in; to be embroiled in; to get mixed up in
near one's knee; (by) one's side; (at) one's hand; place under the protection (of one's parents, etc.); (under) the care (of); territory of a powerful person
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
unhurt; uninjured; flawless (e.g. gem); unblemished; spotless (e.g. reputation); faultless (e.g. performance)
there is nothing; having nothing
being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); responding to kindness with resentment; thinking ill of someone who meant to be kind; unjustified resentment; unreasonable grudge
to raid; to storm; to launch an attack (on); to mount an assault (on)
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
life-and-death matter; an emergency or crisis where survival is threatened