police cell; place of detention; jail
anguished; distressed; worried; horny
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
decision; determination; resolution
cooperation; coordination; collaboration; integration; linking
war; battle; match; game; competition
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
ability; capability; skill
protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
specialization; specialisation
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
to chip (off); to shave off; to sharpen; to dampen (one's enthusiasm, interest, etc.); to reduce
uncommon; extraordinary (in relation to human characteristics)
durability; persistence; stamina; endurance; staying power
difficult to ...; hard to ...
magic (illusion); conjuring; magic trick; conjuring trick; sleight of hand
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
aim (of a gun, bow, etc.); aim; object; objective
carelessly (throwing, tossing, etc.); nonchalantly; casually
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
offensive strength; offensive power; striking power
willingly; voluntarily; of one's own accord
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
called; known as; that; to say
sexual interest in young boys; boy love; prepubescent boy
to avoid; to refrain from; to shun; to detest
rumbling (of thunder, one's stomach, etc.); grumbling; rolling (of something large and heavy); tumbling; all over the place; everywhere; idly
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
being too late; losing one's final chance
to be duplicated; to be repeated; to overlap; to fall together (of dates, etc.); to repeat (a failed course, school year, etc.); to make a double play
with a whack; with a thump; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; vacantly; blankly
bright red; crimson lotus flower
pillar of fire; blazing column