to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
top (of a table, counter, etc.); tabletop; countertop; baking tray; baking sheet; sheet pan
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
to deep-fry; to make deep-fried food; to launch (fireworks, etc.); to hoist (e.g. a flag); to summon (for geishas, etc.); to call in
bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed; undersea; submarine
horizontal shaking (of an earthquake); rolling (of a boat, aircraft, etc.); swaying
vertical shaking (of an earthquake); pitch (of a ship, aircraft, etc.); pitching
advance; moving forward; progress
chief navigator; navigating officer; navigator; sailing master
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
certainty; reality; regular; permanent; samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation)
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
absurdity; contradiction; incoherence; irrelevance
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
government; government service; the bureaucracy; government post; government official
(full) name; family name and given name
challenging (an unknown person); asking a person's identity
first lieutenant; lieutenant junior grade
captain (Army, US Marine Corps, USAF); lieutenant (Navy); flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.)
glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
busy; hectic; hurried; rapid; quick; sudden
successful execution; accomplishment; completion; fulfillment; carrying through
abandoned child; foundling
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
foster parent; foster parents; (pet) caretaker
true character; real nature
shame; disgrace; (sexual) violation; rape