growing light (e.g. at dawn); pale; appearing dumb; talking in an obvious way
contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
the field; the parade ground
to promise; to abridge; to simplify; to reduce
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
entering the capital; entering Tokyo
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting
report (of an investigation); investigation (investigative) report
protuberant; paunchy; idly
financial difficulty; distress
excuse; plea; defense; defence
to order; to command; to appoint
unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
obedient; gentle; meek; submissive; docile
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
Department of the Army; Ministry of the Army (Japan; 1872-1945)
both houses of parliament
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
premises; grounds; campus; compound; precincts
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do
to head towards; to be inclined to go towards; to head for a place naturally
to be main; to be principal; to be important; to be conspicuous; to be prominent
to alternate; to take turns
body; group; party; gang; troupe; troop
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious
plunking (down something heavy); flumping (into a chair)
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at