armed forces; military; troops
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
vertically structured society
preparedness for death; do-or-die spirit
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
direct connection; direct link
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
difficult to ...; hard to ...
male-dominated society; patriarchal society
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
scoring combination of a 9 and a 1 in oicho-kabu
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
last third of a month; 21st to the last day of a month
allied forces; the Allies (e.g. in WWII)
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
northern part; the north (of a region)
to collect; to assemble; to gather
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
to unfold; to unroll; to open
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up