research team; investigative team; survey team; reconnaissance team; investigative commission; fact-finding party
to get information; to find out; to get wind of
trisection; dividing into three (parts)
perseverance; determination; tenacity; energy
three-cornered conversation
to steal a kiss; to snatch a kiss
bone-in chicken; chicken-on-the-bone
plain; unaffected; natural; unpretentious; frank; candid
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; attachment; contact play; sound effect produced by striking a wooden board with clappers
to be anxious (about); to be concerned (about); to think out (e.g. a plan); to work out; to investigate
natural disaster; cataclysm
material; materials; data; information; documents
review; reconsideration; revision
fleeing in all directions; (in Japanese history, a reference to) farmers who abandoned their fields and fled to the cities or other districts to evade onerous taxes
rearrangement; reallocation; realignment; relocation
front entrance; front door
convalescence; recovering from an illness; recuperating
horseshoe-shaped; U-shaped
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; lower radical of a kanji; money
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
one's just deserts; one's just desserts; one's just reward; what one deserves; comeuppance
vitality; energy; dynamism
origin; beginning; source
sidelong glance; flirtatious glance
steering (a boat); helmsman; steersman; guidance; leadership; leader
easy to read; legible; clear
nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened
homeland; motherland; fatherland; native country
local residents; neighbours; neighbors
root of an evil; source of a problem; source of trouble; cause of misfortune
wheat gluten (usu. steamed or baked)
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
to look around; to look towards (us)
to be of benefit; to be beneficial; to be useful; to do one good; to be good for one
medicine; medical science
to sheathe one's sword; to lay down arms; to bury the hatchet