levying; requisitioning; compulsory enlistment; recruitment; conscription
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
region on Japan Sea side of Japan west of Tokyo; Nagano and Niigata
Fukiage Station (Saitama)
main; principal; chief; leading; important
traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
important point (e.g. on a route); important role (responsibility, etc.); opposition
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up
many people; a large number of people
newspaper stand; newspaper seller; paper carrier; newspaper reporter
rumor; rumour; gossip; hearsay
12th day of the month; 12 days
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)
sinking instantly (of a ship due to a torpedo attack, bombing, etc.)
bottom of the water; bottom of the sea; river bottom
shiokara; paste made from salted fermented seafood (squid, fish entrails, etc.)
shop; store; counter for foldable things such as maps, etc.
to concentrate; to focus on; to devote; to stiffen; to become tense
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryō system)
victory; triumph; win; conquest; success
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
rising (from one's bed); getting up; getting out of bed
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)