expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured
(made of) stone; stone-built
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; school; phylum; division; counter for cannons
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; body from which the soul has left; corpse; shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)
prefectural border; prefectural boundary
(weather) front; front line; the front; battlefront
railway track; railway line; railroad; railway; track; line
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
leading; guiding; commanding
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
parking lot; car park; carpark; parking garage
car; vehicle; van; (train) car; carriage
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
tank (military vehicle); chariot
armoured vehicle; armored vehicle
deployment; disposition; posting; stationing
vehicle; conveyance; (means of) transport; ride (at a fair, amusement park, etc.); attraction
(passenger) car; automobile
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel; castor; caster
major incident; major happening; big scandal
speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on
logistical support; combat service support
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of; serving (in the military, congress, etc.)
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
promotion; advancement; rising in rank
assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)
Japan Self-Defense Forces; JSDF; self-defence force; self-defense force
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
creaking; squeaking; packing in tightly; cramming; hard (pressing, tying, twisting, etc.); tightly
to cram (into a box, bag, etc.); to pack; to drive (someone) into a corner; to push to the edge; to put in a nutshell; to make succinct