cease-fire; truce; armistice
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
smooth words make smooth ways; it's not what you say, it's how you say it
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
to get off one's backside; to bestir oneself
leaving somebody behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone
paper (in rock-paper-scissors); disappearing completely; coming to nought; foolishness; stupidity
district; section; sector
countermeasure; counter-measure
roots of grass; (fig.) places hidden from sight; grassroots (e.g. of a political party); rank and file
nine; nine years of age; twelve o'clock (old time system)
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
to get late; to advance; to wear on
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
bell cricket (Meloimorpha japonicus); (arch.) pine cricket (Xenogryllus marmoratus)
pushing forward (undaunted, bravely); working vigorously towards an aim; struggling on; striving towards
consent; assent; understanding; agreement; comprehension; grasp
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
storm and stress; Sturm und Drang
participation in a war; going to war; taking part in a competition or contest
spouting (e.g. of a whale, blowhole, etc.); blowing water; Mactra veneriformis (species of trough shell); female ejaculation; squirting
review; reconsideration; revision
to filch; to snatch; to steal (an idea, work, etc.); to plagiarize; to arrest; to nab
bull; bulldog; bulldozer; bourgeois; bourgeoisie
register of names; list of names; roll; register; roster
erotic manga; pornographic manga
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
advance (into a new market or stage of progress); launching (a new career or venture); expanding (into a new market); stepping forward; emerging
becoming a mere shell; becoming a dead letter; losing (one's) substance; being reduced to a formality
to be grieved at heart; to be troubled; to be worried; to trouble oneself (about something)
general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate
to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly
solitarily; in a lonely fashion; all alone; by oneself
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
coexistence; living together