recoilless rifle; recoilless gun
shock absorption; buffer action; cushioning; buffer
mechanism; machinery; system; structure; organization
firing (esp. a rocket or missile); launching; shooting; ejaculation
(attacking and) sinking (a ship); sending (a ship) to the bottom; crushing defeat; utter failure; complete exhaustion; collapsing (onto a bed, desk, etc.)
(large) gun; cannon; artillery; long-ball hitter; home-run hitter
in hand; on hand; on one; handheld
discount; reduction; rebate; tenths discounted; tenths reduced
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
quality (of a product or a service)
explosion; detonation; blast; outburst (of emotion); explosion (e.g. of anger); eruption (e.g. of discontent)
to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about
professional; pro; program; production; proletarian; proletariat
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
killing and wounding; bloodshed
jet; spray; emission; rocket propulsion; jet propulsion
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
ultrasonic waves; ultrasound
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
looking for (a suitable thing or person); searching for; hunting out; picking out; shopping around for; searching (a place)
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
(staying) one night; overnight stay; overnight rental; per-night rental
Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
hot spring inn; hot spring hotel; hot spring resort
painting something vermillion; lacquering something vermillion; vermillion-lacquered object
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
foreign country; foreign land; strange land; far-off land
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
fantastic; magical; wondrous; whimsical; fairytale-like; romantic
person of letters; literary person
movie; film; motion picture
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)
bathroom with a large bath (in a hotel, hot spring resort, etc.)
open-air bath; rotenburo; rotemburo