to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
street; road; traffic; coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; transmission (of sound)
vajra (indestructible substance); diamond; adamantine; thunderbolt; Indra's weapon; Buddhist symbol of the indestructible truth
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
Asian hazel (Corylus heterophylla var. thunbergii); Siberian hazel
circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
than; in comparison to; rather than; over; above
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
arsenal; arms and ammunition factory
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside
shipyard; dock yard; shipbuilding yard
Nagasaki (city, prefecture)
university or college offering four-year programs; the big four ...; the four major ...
factory; plant; mill; workshop
gradually; day by day; every day; each day
completion; perfection; accomplishment
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
(opening a door) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) with a clatter; with a crash; (changing) completely; totally
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
Spanish Armada; invincible armada
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
to put on airs; to throw one's weight about; to swagger; to act arrogantly
I see; that's right; indeed
10,000; ten thousand; 10^4
(large) gun; cannon; artillery; long-ball hitter; home-run hitter
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on
must; should; will (surely); be bound to; will (do); shall