to be main; to be principal; to be important; to be conspicuous; to be prominent
captain (Army, U.S. Marine Corps, USAF); lieutenant (Navy); flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.)
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor
to contribute; to play a part in; to have a hand in; to finance
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
accident; emergency; calamity
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
every year; yearly; annually
to kill; to choke the life out of
to step firmly; to harden by treading
to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled
to gain strength; to have energy
quarter; a fourth; square (piece of) cloth
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
pull; patronage; tug; discount
to punish; to penalize; to penalise
going out (of a nobleman, etc.); visiting
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
thoughts; opinion; however much money you wish to give (as alms, a fee at a museum, etc.); fondness (for a significant other, etc.; often used teasingly); love
appears to be; apparently
your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit
effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong
to squeeze out; to wring out
phosphorous light; ignis fatuus; will-o'-the-wisp
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
insanity; an insane person
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted
to topple over and lean at a precarious angle; to fall onto something and lean against it; to be on the point of collapse; to be about to fall; to begin to fall
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
look of death; shadow of death