serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to install (a king, emperor, etc.); to appoint (to a post); to promote; to assign (to study under)
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
looking at from the corner of one's eye; sidelong glance; disregarding; ignoring; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
to take off; to jump; to take the plunge; to decide; to step out of the ring
to grow up; to become an adult
good and evil; purity and impurity; voiced and unvoiced consonants
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
to accomplish; to achieve; to complete; to carry out; to carry through
ghastliness; dreadfulness; grimness; intimidation; menace; threat
flexible; lithe; soft; calisthenics
for better or worse; for good or for evil
imprisonment; incarceration
not taking the slightest notice (of); not giving the slightest consideration (to); paying absolutely no attention (to)
ironclad rule; inviolable rule; invariable principle; iron law
lapis lazuli; lapis lazuli (color); beryl; mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail); glass
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
to bring (something); to take along; to fetch; to get
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel; castor; caster
one machine; one aircraft; one life
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
scarf (esp. a lightweight summer scarf worn by women)
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
number two; mistress; concubine
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
to master (a skill); proprietor; manager; leader; chief; master (of arts, science, etc.); master (recording)
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
national language; Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan); one's native language; mother tongue; native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
dictionary; lexicon; (arch.) letter of resignation
internal (e.g. mechanism, feature); built-in; equipped (with)
black box; flight recorder; black box (system or device with hidden internal workings)