to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
to repaint; to paint again; to break (a record); to rewrite; to remake
civilization and enlightenment; Japan's Westernization movement during the Meiji era (Westernisation)
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
toilet seat with bidet functions
up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual
next; next person; room adjoining a noble's parlor
state of the war; war situation
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
to mow down; to scythe down; to knock someone off their feet
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
riskiness; (level of) danger
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
highway; freeway; expressway; motorway
to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
reinforced concrete; ferroconcrete
occupation (e.g. of territory); exclusive possession
war situation; progress of a battle
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
traffic light; signalling mechanism; semaphore (apparatus)
showily decorated truck (e.g. chrome, air-brushed pictures, colored lights); art truck
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; lazily
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
(truck) load-carrying tray; (bicycle) luggage carrier; roof rack
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip