shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears
table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
surname; family name; last name
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
to become locked (e.g. of automatic locking)
one more time; once more; once again
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
Japan Coast Guard (formerly Maritime Safety Agency)
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
Japan Self-Defense Forces; JSDF; self-defence force; self-defense force
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
Chief Cabinet Secretary (Japan); Chief of Staff (to the President, Prime Minister, etc.); Cabinet Secretary; Executive Secretary
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
on the occasion of; at the time of
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
intelligence gathering; information gathering
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
number one; first; best; most; game; round
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
Japanese person; Japanese people
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...