purging (data); purge (esp. of public officials)
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)
fall; sinking; surrender; capitulation
declaration of independence
to fall into (someone's) hands; to fall under someone's control; to become someone's property (e.g. of an object)
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
archipelago; group of islands
Awaji (former province located on Awaji Island in present-day Hyōgo Prefecture); Awaji (island)
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
information media; press; news organs
Public Safety Bureau (of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department); Special Branch (police); Ministry of Public Security (China)
gliding; sliding; skating (on ice); taxiing (aircraft); making a takeoff run
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
research and development; R&D
pursuit (of a fleeing enemy); chase
beyond this point; from now on; after this
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
Sapporo (city in Hokkaido)
dispatch of troops; despatch of troops
(it won't be possible) on such short notice
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off
drafting; requisition; impressment; commandeering; expropriation