development; growth; progress; development; expansion (of a typhoon, low-pressure area, etc.); developmental disability
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
serviceman; servicewoman; soldier; member of the armed forces; military personnel
to get on a horse; to mount a horse
going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
hazy; dim; faint; minced fish or meat that is seasoned and fried
Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki); Chinese persimmon; kaki
skeleton; skeletal structure; build; framework
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
tendency; trend; inclination
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
that is to say; so that means
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
wholly (due to); entirely; solely; earnestly; intently; sincerely
distance from the seam in the back of a kimono to the end of the sleeve
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
wrinkled; full of wrinkles
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
rational; rational (number or function)
in the same way; like; likewise; similarly
major general; rear admiral; air commodore
Japan and Russia; Russo-Japanese
military campaign; battle; war
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
war; fighting; fierce competition
two times; twice; two degrees
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement