to get on aboard; to join a ship
Lockheed P-3 Orion (anti-submarine and maritime surveillance aircraft); P3C
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
don't you think?; indicates question
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
in comparison to; rather than
rather; better; instead; if anything
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
development; exploitation
military gains; war results; fruit of battle
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
First World War (1914-1918); World War I; (lit.) Great European War
Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
placed in commission; entering servitude
in order; sequential; seriatim
counter for ships (large boats); counter for half of a pair (e.g. half of a folding screen); counter for fish, birds, arrows, etc.
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
diving; submerging; going underwater
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
fifteenth day of the month; fifteen days
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
Yamaguchi prefecture (Chūgoku area)
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
to face; to go towards; to head towards
submarine voyage; underwater navigation
training; drill; practice; discipline