regiment of military policemen
armband; arm band; brassard
white background; blank; female virgin
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
lecture attendance; auditing
passionate; hot-blooded; full of vitality
to cross one's mind; to spring to mind; to occur to one
one's grasp of the situation; knowing how matters stand
chain of command; line of command; command structure; command system
pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving the batter an "intentional walk"
State Shintō; nationalistic form of Shinto, formerly the official religion of Japan
emperor; living god; god incarnate; miracle-working god (who appears as the occasion demands)
intelligence; intellect; brains
ill feeling; ill will; animosity; bad impression
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy
validity; verification; propriety
to paint (draw) a picture
to have full knowledge (of something); to know something thoroughly
bottomless; unlimited; immeasurable; inexhaustible
general mobilization; general mobilisation
terrible; awful; I don't even want to talk about it; without reason; inevitable; that's just how it is
suddenly disappears somewhere
to wither completely (of a plant); to dry up completely; to drop all its leaves
beautiful woman; pretty girl
field battle; field operations; open battle; battlefield; battlefront
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
ken (6 shaku, approx. 1.818 m); counter used to number the gaps between pillars
counter for houses, households, apartments, etc.
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.
pleasant feeling; good feeling