speed; velocity; pace; velocity
review; reconsideration; revision
bombarding; shelling; bombardment
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
countermeasure; counter-measure
(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)
main battery; main armament
aperture; bore; calibre; caliber
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
trial calculation; preliminary calculation; estimation
this world; this life; world of the living
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
postwar period; period after Second World War
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
great war; great battle; world war
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
secret; private; surreptitious
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
four times (as much); quadruple; fourfold
as a matter of fact; actually; effectively; in reality; in effect
to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
impact (of a projectile); landing (of a bullet); striking
site; point on a map; spot
artificial satellite; man-made satellite
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on