secretary; councillor; councilor
fastidiousness; faultfinding; nit-picking
argument that something is unnecessary; opposition
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
puppy; whelp; magic word said to comfort a frightened child and put him to sleep
high tide; high water; full tide
croak; ribbit; sound of frogs
inspector; auditor; examiner; comptroller
badger; Eurasian badger (Meles meles); defensive opening for shogi
shepherd; German shepherd
wheat straw; barley straw
to capture alive; to catch alive; to take prisoner
tracking down and killing; punitive expedition
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
Full speed ahead!; Full steam ahead!
way to shoot; how to shoot
demolition; pulling down; destruction; dismantling
fixed interval; fixed period
civilian in military employ
peace at any price (attitude); peace idiot; peace senility; complacency about peace
landing on water; hitting the water; splashdown
hedgehog (any mammal of family Erinaceidae)
entry into port; arriving in harbor
to run up onto (e.g. sidewalk); to run aground; to be stranded
to look on enviously while doing nothing; (lit.) to hold a finger in one's mouth