to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
defence program; defence plan
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
whole army; whole team; all armies; all teams
mobilization; mobilisation
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
our country; our land; one's own country
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to neglect; to ignore; to disregard; to make light of
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
declaration; statement; proclamation
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
to anticipate; to foresee
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; (arch.) that's right