infantry; infantryman; foot soldier
horse riding; horseback riding; horseback rider
front line of (trenches for) deployed soldiers
vigorously (ripping, tearing, scratching, etc.); roughly; (eating) with a crunch; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
terrible; dreadful; tremendous; terrific; appalling; shocking
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)
to; traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 litres; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar); Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); third string of a koto (counting from the player's near side)
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless
gate; door; house; family
headquarters; head office; main office
master sergeant; sergeant major (JSDF)
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
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
to be lazy; to be idle; to slack; to neglect (e.g. one's work); to be neglectful of; to skip (e.g. school)
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
weak constitution; ill health
consideration; thoughtfulness; sympathy; compassion; feeling; kindness
immediate effect; instant effect
newspaper; paper; counter for newspapers
late at night; small hours of the morning
to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in
tedious talk; repetition; complaint; tongue-twister
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); kitchen
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
to dust; to remove dust; to slap; to hit (with the palm); to use up money
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
neglect of one's social obligations; failure to perform one's social duties; dishonor; failure to pay back one's debt
ceasing to publish; discontinuance of publication
reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of
to mount up; to pile up; to accumulate; to increase
in pieces; in scraps; fragmentary (e.g. knowledge); scrappy; insignificant; unimportant
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.