decisive blow; game-winning hit (e.g. in baseball)
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
information; (brief) notice; letting someone know; first report; initial report
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
to reach an agreement; to come to an understanding; to compromise (with); to get along well with
great delight; great satisfaction; rapture
distinguished family; noted family; family status in the Imperial Court; master (of a craft); expert
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
having an audience with someone of very high social standing (e.g. the emperor)
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days
the Dragon (fifth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Dragon (around 8am, 7-9am, or 8-10am); east-southeast; third month of the lunar calendar
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
transportation; conveyance; delivery; hospitalization; transfer to hospital
construction; framework; erection; assembly; organization; organisation
swarm; throng; flock together
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative (verb, etc.)
triangle; triangular shape
white flag; truce flag; surrender flag
inspection; reading; perusal; browsing (the web)
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
member of an entourage or retinue or party; attendant
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
strong-minded; strong-willed; having great willpower
personality; style; appearance
defense; defence; defensive preparations
to claim victims; to cause casualties
general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate
to take over; to hand over
flour; meal; powder; dust
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
to repeat a mistake (of somebody); to make the same mistake as that of ...; (lit.) to follow the rut (left by someone else)
last drink (of sake); last glass; last cup