Japan Coast Guard (formerly Maritime Safety Agency)
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
exactly right!; indeed; damn straight
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
information; news; report; reward; retribution
advance party; advance team; advance group; vanguard unit
picking; collecting; harvesting
patient's chart; clinical records; record (e.g. student, equipment maintenance, etc.)
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste
deck (e.g. ship, tape, cassette, observation, train vestibule)
preservation; integrity; conservation; maintenance
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
night angling; night fishing
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
just now; at this moment; at this point of time
troops; group members; team members
descent; fall; drop; passing down (of an order, decree, etc.)
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
party (political); person who is fond of; fan of
dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; end; end of the road; end point
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to play a trick on; to cheat; to deceive; to dupe
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to think of; to come up with
judgement; judgment; expert opinion; appraisal
cell; cell (in an organization, esp. a communist party)
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
clone; kroon (former currency of Estonia)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till