start; commencement; beginning; initiation
left wing; left wing (of a bird or aircraft); left wing (of an army, building, etc.); left flank; left field; left fielder
common reed (Phragmites australis)
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
to stand on end (of hair)
failure; collapse; breakdown; (arch.) tear (in clothing, etc.); (arch.) rip; (arch.) split
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
hilly section of a city (usu. upscale residential); Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds); place near the mountains
delicious; tasty; good; nice
to talk oneself hoarse; to shout oneself hoarse
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
water's edge; beach; shore
in one's own way or style
to open; to unfold; to spread out
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
Iyo (former province located in present-day Ehime Prefecture)
pine tree growing on a rock
in the same way; like; likewise; similarly
to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)
inside this; in this; in here; among these; of this group; out of these
war situation; progress of a battle
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
size; dimension; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months
counter for (small) boats
to form a line; to queue up; to line up
undulation; winding; meandering; swell (of waves); ground swell; surge
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
flag (esp. originally a flagpole-topping streamer made of feathers)
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
being (somewhere); sitting
fleet (fishing, naval, etc.); convoy; group of ships
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding (a runner) on base
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
(on the) sea; surface of the sea
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size