honourable defeat; honorable defeat; honourable death; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
tragic but brave; heroic; grim; pathetic
notice; notification; memorandum; circular
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work
offensive (movement); aggression
itemized form; itemised form; itemization; itemisation
itemized form; itemised form; itemization; itemisation
not limited to; not just ...
to sit in a row; to be arrayed
rereading; reading again; reading a single kanji twice (with different pronunciations) in kanbun
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
Bingo (former province located in the east of present-day Hiroshima Prefecture)
main force; chief object; mainline
outline; summary; roughly; generally; great ingenuity; excellent resourcefulness
notes; comment; remark; annotation
underwater navigation; going underground; going into hiding; travelling incognito
former years; formerly; a few years ago
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
detached territory; enclave; exclave; scattered landholdings
locational advantage; advantageous position
calm; composed; collected; silently (of the passing of the night); quietly
ding (of a bell); bing; honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort; heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
one may well say so, but ...; even more than
Sado (former province located on Sado Island in present-day Niigata Prefecture); Sado (island, Niigata Prefecture)
element (esp. component in electronics); elemental device; device; data; datum
maintenance; preservation; improvement
careful consideration; deliberation; thinking over carefully
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
oldest member of a group; longest-serving member
will; testament; last request
same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence
when; at what moment; what time