considerably; greatly; a lot
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
blockage; blockade; blocking up; stoppage; obstruction; occlusion
war; battle; match; game; competition
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
to act as one pleases; to throw one's weight around; to have everything one's own way
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
on the sea; surface of the sea
supply route; supply road; communications (military)
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
being isolated and helpless; fighting (struggling) alone and unassisted
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
black porgy (Acanthopagrus schlegeli)
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
to have no chance (of succeeding)
General Staff Headquarters
outbreak of war; starting a war
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically