time limit; time restriction
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause
clearly (understand, see, hear, etc.); distinctly; perfectly; as if it were right in front of one
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
to prevent (something) from occurring; to forestall; to avert; to nip in the bud
halfway; midway; partway; mid-course
preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind
garden soil; soil used in a garden
main building (of a manor); central room (of a house)
oath; vow; pledge; covenant
middle of the night; dead of night
to wake (someone) up (roughly); to rouse out of bed; to awaken (someone) by knocking at the door
physical punishment; beating; smacking; severe scolding; chastisement; discipline
letter breaking off with someone; Dear John letter
cell; cell (in an organization, esp. a communist party)
feeling in one's bones; foreboding; premonition; presentiment; gut feeling; gut instinct
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
useless resistance; vain struggle
after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
address (of a home, business, etc.); residence; domicile
life and death; life or death
to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop
art of war; strategy; tactics
to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to cut (someone) down
the other day; previously; last time; last (Sunday, summer, etc.); previous (e.g. mayor, chapter)
lack of virtue; immorality; vice; depravity; unworthiness
of no use; useless; not fit for purpose
person in charge of beheading (concluding a seppuku); executioner; person in charge of beheading; rikishi carrying a sword who follows the yokozuna to the ring during his ring-entering ceremony
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
written oath; covenant; pledge
bargaining point; terms of exchange; conditions for meeting a demand
Shinkage-Ryu (style of Japanese fencing)
one's self-possession; one's presence of mind
sword hilt; decorative hilt
principal; main; important; fashionable
to print; to color or pattern fabric using a wooden mold
self-evident; obvious; axiomatic; self-explanatory; trivial