to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
pulverization; pulverisation; smashing; demolishing
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
Supreme Military Council (1898-1945)
(issuing) order requiring somebody to report personally (to a police station); subpoena
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
to turn pale; to lose color; to lose colour
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to differ; to vary; to disagree
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
discontent; dissatisfaction; complaint; grievance
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
information; news; report; reward; retribution
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
to put back in a good mood; to cheer up
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
rearrangement; reallocation; realignment; relocation
conscientious; scrupulous