splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
(personal) appearance; (personal) grooming; essential skill; required knowledge
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
comrade in arms; war buddy; fellow soldier
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
go that far; to that extent
to leave nothing undone; to give good service; to attend to everything; to be on someone's tracks (e.g. police); to catch up with; to close in on
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
advance payment; money paid in advance
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
fast-talking; rapid talking
such; like that; that sort of; very
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
fax; facsimile; fax machine
to find out; to discover; to detect
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
tedious; boring; being fed up with
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
notebook; memo pad; certificate; identification card
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
several years; a few years
to die out; to become extinct
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for