home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
close; intimate; on good terms
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
advance guard; vanguard; athlete who competes in the first match of a team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)
distinguished (surpassing) valor (valour)
ship's captain; skipper; length of a ship; boatman
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
Noctiluca scintillans (luminescent species of dinoflagellate)
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
good performance; good work; great success
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
to be too late; to be too slow
to deduct; to take away; to make allowances for something; to bear something in mind; to ebb and flow
hanger-on; dependent; someone who is received coldly; third, fourth, fifth, etc. sons (during the Edo period when only the oldest male could inherit an estate)
to domineer; to throw one's weight around; to lord it (over)
to come back; to bloom a second time
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
even though one has fallen on hard times; however down on one's luck one may be
to go too far; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
long military service; having experienced many battles
hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)
to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
smoke screen; dazzler; camouflage; deceptive means; magic; witchcraft
to lose sight of; to miss
to rank next to; to come after
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
fort; stronghold; fortification
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)