stocking up (on); hoarding
outbreak of war; starting a war
treatment (of a person); dealing with
war criminal; person responsible for a team's defeat
(person treated as a) plaything
email; mail; post; message (in an instant messaging application); instant message; male
close adhesion; sticking firmly (to); relating closely (to); having relevance (to); contact printing
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
Dear (so and so); Dear Sir; Dear Madam; To Whom It May Concern
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
opinion; intention; thought
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
value in doing something; feeling that something is worth doing; rewarding feeling; sense of satisfaction
familiar spirit; familiar
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
to stop writing; to put down one's pen; to close (a letter)
good health; stopping misfortune; preventing disaster
based on; built on; made from
whether one likes it or not; whether willing or not; willy-nilly
historical document; archives; old manuscript; pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular
one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that
hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8
second; number two; runner-up
to boil; to decoct; to infuse
to put into writing; to write
handwriting; handwritten; hand-drawn; hand-painted
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone
way of writing; manner of writing; penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; format (e.g. of a report); stroke order of a character
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
riding (on horseback); mounting (a horse)
degeneration; retrogression; atrophy; regression (e.g. of society); deterioration; degeneration
flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession
squeaking; creaking; tightly (cram); closely (pack); barely (managing); just (getting by)
to continue to rain or snow
jumbling together; lumping together; mixing up
popular; well-liked; common; frequent; popular music; pop music
meat sauce; Bolognese sauce
Western goods; Western things; imported goods