chief petty officer (IJN); petty officer first class (US Navy)
marines (former Japanese Navy)
disregarding; taking no account of; ignoring; overlooking
earthquake disaster; Great Kanto Earthquake (1923)
to close up; to block up; to fill; to cover
pomelo (Citrus maxima); shaddock
mainland decisive battle (land battle envisioned late in World War II)
individual medley (swimming)
place of enshrinement; morgue; mortuary
atomic bomb victim (esp. of Hiroshima and Nagasaki); hibakusha
preliminary alert (flood, typhoon, air-raid, etc.); precautionary warning
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
party given in recognition of a person's services
quacking; cackling; loudly (snore, complain, argue, etc.); noisily; with a buzzing sound (e.g. speaker); with a crackling sound
news flash; news special; special newscast; special news bulletin
(being) off night duty; end of a night shift
small; fine; minute; stingy; cheap
coagulation; freezing; solidification; curdling; setting; congealing
air-raid shelter; bomb shelter
drawing; painting; doodling; sketching
judicial affairs; clerical duty (in a temple)
hard to reach place; remote place
cold; coldness; chilliness
to steal another's spouse; to steal another's lover
regular customer; valued client
sattva (being); bodhisattva
competitive swimming; swimming race
exhaust; emission (of gas from an engine); expulsion (of air); ventilation
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
to perceive; to understand
classical elegance; antiquity
dispersal; evacuation; removal; spreading out (troops); deployment
terrible; awful; I don't even want to talk about it; without reason; inevitable; that's just how it is