one's confidant; trusted friend; trusted retainer
thick amazake; thick sweet sake
captain (Army, U.S. Marine Corps, USAF); lieutenant (Navy); flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.)
changing (job, career, lifestyle, social position, beliefs, etc.)
to call each other; to call out to one another
smooth; shiny; slippery; greasy; slurping (noodles)
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
sunglasses; shady glasses; dark glasses
to solicit; to demand; to extort
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
synthesis; coordination; putting together; comprehensive
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
sponsors of rikishi or their stables
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
chasing after women; womanizing
meal set before one; women's advances
staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
launching; launch; end (of a theatrical run, etc.); closing party (e.g. a theater show); cast party
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to make light of; to ignore; to slight
to provide with funds; to fund; to advance some capital; to furnish with funds
major powers of the world; great powers
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
countenance; features; looks