flight (e.g. airline flight); trip (e.g. train trip); mail; post; opportunity; chance
stuffing; packing; end (esp. the foot of a bridge); lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony; tea master; endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively); sweet eel sauce
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
to be exhausted; to be worn out
insipid; flat; dull; lifeless; listless
rice cakes; pounded mochi rice
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
to look around; to survey
giving someone a ride on one's shoulders; shoulder wheel (judo)
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
administration (of medicine)
alternately; by turns; one after the other
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
balloon (esp. small, toy variety); airship; blimp
to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.); to wilt; to droop; to shrivel; to fade (away); to sag
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
as if nothing had happened
to push (a thing) out; to jut out (can have a negative nuance); to protrude; to rise out the trap door (on stage)
to hinder; to obstruct; to disrupt; to interfere with; to cause a delay
admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic
about when; about what time; how soon
aim; goal; prospect; outlook
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
preparation; provision; guarding
commander; general; leader
return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR
This isn't over; I will get my revenge
depending on the ...; to depend on the ...
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
certificate; certified document; (the) thumbs up; seal of approval; paper with signature of the shogun or lord
dispatch of troops; despatch of troops
being under military occupation
abasement; fall; forfeiture; sinking (in people's estimation)