troops; group members; team members; SDF officials
flapping; rattling; (running) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) one after another; in quick succession; busily
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
to dislocate one's back; to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
wise person; virtuous person; sage; unrefined sake
balloon (toy or decoration); balloon (hot-air or gas)
the entire strength; all hands; all the members
to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress
bare rock; rock surface; rock face
Bach (German composer, 1685-1750)
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
strange question; offbeat question; odd question; funny question; curious question
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
departure (of a train, car, etc.); starting; leaving
platform; home; home base; home plate
to miss getting on (e.g. a plane)
hey; yo; hi; come on; hey
traveling bag; travelling bag; suitcase
tucking up the sleeves of a kimono with a tasuki
examination of tickets; ticket gate; ticket barrier
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final
to shut out; to bar; to lock out; to exclude
partially consumed drink; partially consuming a drink
direct line; direct communication; connecting directly; through service; nonstop service
transit point; transit airport; connection airport
to miss (a train, bus, etc.); to fail to keep up with (e.g. the times); to be left behind by
time appointed for meeting (assembling); time one is supposed to meet
to connect (with a different flight, train, etc.); to make a connection; to change (planes, trains, etc.)
concentration; density; cardinality
high mountain; alpine mountain
stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)
chugging (a glassful of) a drink in one go
one (small animal); two-tan bolt of cloth