country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
to spit out; to eject; to dump
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
preface; introduction; preamble
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
strategy meeting; council of war
social gathering; get-together; (friendly) meeting
document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone
captain (Army, U.S. Marine Corps, USAF); lieutenant (Navy); flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.)
clerk; (bureau, post-office) staff
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
in the morning; during the morning
high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
Nagato (former province located in the west of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
influential person; man of importance
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
now that; since; so long as; because
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
secret military agency; secret service
ministry; department; province (of China); saving; conserving
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
exhausting work; hard work; severe duty
to be too busy; to be occupied; to concentrate on single-mindedly
forgetting; lapse of memory
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
intimacy; friendship; friendly relations
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality