machine technology; mechanical technology
spinning (textiles); spun yarn
(sea) voyage; navigation; sailing; passage; cruise
medical care; medical treatment
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
advance (into a new market or stage of progress); launching (a new career or venture); expanding (into a new market); stepping forward; emerging
domestic; domestically-produced; produced within a country
fusion point; melting point
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
limited; limiting; restrictive
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion
warp; curvature; curve; arch
push; pushing; weight; pressure; authority; forcefulness
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
General Headquarters (office of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers); GHQ
disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation
group; party; team; organization; organisation; association
system; organization; organisation; architecture
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
Okinawan kobudo; traditional martial arts of the Ryukyu Islands
nunchaku (two linked fighting sticks); nunchak; nunchucks
tonfa (traditional Okinawan weapon similar to a nightstick)
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
export; exportation; efferent
police; police officer; police station
war; battle; match; game; competition
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
jitte; short truncheon with a hook made of metal or wood (used by policemen and private thief-takers in Edo Japan)
barbed metal weapon for catching criminals (Edo period)
maintenance of public order; maintaining security