marshland; wetland; swampland
woman who likes comics depicting male homosexual love
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play
clerk at the information desk
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
student accommodation; student dormitory
clinic; medical office; infirmary
public appeal (e.g. for contributions); public offering (of securities); public advertisement (of a post); open recruitment
lottery; raffle; drawing (of lots)
the Japanese; Japanese side; Japanese delegation; Japanese representatives
Mt.; Mount; (fig.) Mt.; (fig.) Mount
to understand; to make out
fixed period; fixed term; regular; periodic; fixed-term commuter pass; fixed-term deposit
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
to tower above the rest; to be by far the best; to be prominent; to be outstanding; to be a cut above
lost point (in a game); point given away; run charged to the pitcher; blunder; mistake
raising one's hand; show of hands (e.g. for a vote); salute
above the clouds; heaven; the Imperial Court; something unreachable; place of out of reach
to wish to go well; to have good intentions
waste matter; waste; garbage; trash
the prospects look brighter; there is hope of accomplishing (something)
hottish; salty; somewhat hot; strict; harsh
to emphasize; to attach importance to
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
commander-in-chief; supreme commander
early post war period; immediately after the war
several times; several degrees
gently; mildly; leniently; don't be too hard on me (us, them); go easy on me