children; sons; (lit.) children and younger brothers; young people
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
practice field; training ground; driving range; practice hall; rehearsal space
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
household economy; housekeeping; homemaking
Ministry of Justice (in Tang-dynasty China)
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
John Doe; person of unknown name; (arch.) country bumpkin
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to leave the nest; to go out into the world; to become independent (of one's parents); to graduate (and become a member of society)
commander; commanding officer; CO
Awaji (former province located on Awaji Island in present-day Hyōgo Prefecture); Awaji (island)
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
presumably; conceivably; in my opinion; in my view; I think (that); upon thought
conscious; deliberate; intentional
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
whenever necessary; as needed; as required; at any time; at all times
right place; right position; right post
supplement; top up; complement; making up (a deficiency)
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament
report; notification; registration
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
nucleus; backbone; medium-level; mid-level; main body (of troops); crack troops