officers and soldiers; soldiers
truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
features (e.g. of a product); development chronology
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
on the contrary; rather; instead; all the more
to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
Gunma Prefecture (Kanto area)
Nagano Prefecture (Chūbu area)
wholesaler; manufacturer; capitalist; financier; investor
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
to lay (something) face down; to place upside down; to point downwards (one's eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (one's eyes); to lay (oneself) face down; to lie face down; to conceal
test subject (esp. animals or objects); experimental subject
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
applicant; candidate; volunteer
human experiment; human experimentation; experiment on a living person
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
mass communication; mass media
absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
pointing out; identification
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
fear; horror; risk; danger; awe; reverence
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
scheming; planning; maneuvering; manoeuvring; plotting
coffee cup; spinning teacups (amusement ride)
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
very likely; very probable
fearfully; timidly; cautiously; nervously
to shake one's head (in disagreement); to disagree; to refuse; to say no; to turn down (a request)
company; lot; people; troupe; company (of musicians)
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case