to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
in one's own way or style
to mistake (A for B); to misread
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
succeeding; following; trailing; next
your; indicates high rank or status; indicates love and respect (usu. for an older person)
dispatch; despatch; transmission; informing (e.g. of opinion); sharing (thoughts, etc.); telling
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
battle formation; battle array; lineup (of a team, etc.); cast; staff
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
empty gun; gun loaded with blanks; firing a blank
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
to tease; to irritate; to tantalize; to keep (someone) in suspense
firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship
gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
highest grade; superlative degree
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
formality; social rules; social status; social standing; (arch.) amendments and enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
throne; crown; government position; court rank; social standing; rank; grade (of quality, etc.)
to not give in; to be obstinate; to be stubborn; to be perverse
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
port (left side of vessel)
(the) whole; as a whole; in general; at large
to take command; to give direction
Johnston; Johnstone; Jonstone
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
trust; confidence; credence
to take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army)
hanger-on; follower; flunky; purse strapped round one's waist
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory