black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market
empty gun; gun loaded with blanks; firing a blank
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
fall; crash (of an aircraft)
radio (communication); wireless; not using wires
troops; group members; team members; SDF officials
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
honorific/polite/humble prefix
elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article
to shout; to cry (out); to scream; to clamor (for or against); to advocate; to insist
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
observation; survey; watching
depiction; description; portrayal
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
writing; composition; essay; sentence
doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
innumerable; countless; numberless
thought; consideration; thinking
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
face; visage; look; (facial) expression; honor (honour); face; influence
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
name; given name; first name