to surround; to encircle; to enclose
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
police cell; place of detention; jail
(committee) chairman; president
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
several years standing; over several years
secret; private; surreptitious
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger; precursor
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
defense capability (defence)
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
aggression; invasion; raid
mobilization; mobilisation
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
intelligence agency; intelligence bureau; Cabinet Intelligence Bureau (1940-1945)
branch store; branch of a firm
not only that, but also; besides that; in addition to that; on top of that; furthermore
having ended; being resolved
foe; opponent; adversary; dissenter
delightful; satisfying; gratifying; brisk; piquant
convenience; accommodation; advantage; benefit; expediency
measuring; weighing; metric; distance function
goods piled beneath; lower layer; lowest social strata; bottom (of the ladder); low rank
formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
low-quality products; strange thing; strange combination
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
lack; deficiency; vacancy; absence; non-attendance
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
onnagata; male actor in female kabuki roles