city centre (center) (esp. capital city); urban centre; heart of city a metropolis
district of a town; city block (of irregular size)
gale; violent (strong) wind
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
blind (unscrupulous, indiscriminate) bombing
Department of the Imperial Household
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience
behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; acting without consideration for others; arrogance; audacity; insolence
rational; reasonable; logical
right-wing organization (clique) (organisation)
rural local self-government (Muromachi period)
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
superintendent; director; curator; chief librarian
first move (in go, shogi, etc.); moving first; person with the first move; forestalling; (seizing the) initiative
command; lead; generalship; leadership
death in battle; death on the battlefield
clause; paragraph; argument; term (of an equation); (arch.) nape (of the neck)
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
counter for houses, households, apartments, etc.
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
one person; another name; nickname; alias
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily