service in the first reserve
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
ten; 10; ten years of age
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
to gain experience; to accumulate experiences
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
range (of a rifle, missile, etc.)
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
propulsion; drive; promotion (of a policy, project, movement, etc.); furtherance; advancement
exhaust; emission (of gas from an engine); expulsion (of air); ventilation
attenuation; damping; decay
to damage; to do harm; to disadvantage
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
armrest (of a chair); elbow rest
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
farewell; be that so; in that case; (arch.) however; (arch.) though that may be the case
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
bits and pieces; frizzily (as in perm)
danger; peril; hazard; risk
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
form; shape; figure; visage
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
groan; moan; roar; howl; hum (e.g. motor); buzz (e.g. bee, wire in wind)
(air or sea) route; course; line; run
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
going through; going via; going by way of
right beside; close to; nearby
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out