self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
heroic; brave; majestic; soul-stirring; lively; gallant
rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
recovery; rescue; recapture
(with) great vigour (from the way splitting bamboo goes all down the stick); irresistible force
center; centre; middle; Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
sweeping conquest; sweeping over; conquering; invading
under control (e.g. of territory)
Rabaul (Papua New Guinea)
construction; establishment
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
isolation; being alone; being friendless
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
1,000,000; one million; million; many
transport ship; troop ship
diligent; absorbed (in something)
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
entering service (on a route; of a plane or ship); going into commission; being in service
amount of material resources
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
both armies; both teams; both sides
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
to engage in a bloody feud; to have a family quarrel; to quarrel with one's own flesh and blood; (lit.) to wash blood for blood
offense and defense; offence and defence
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
remarkable; striking; brilliant; splendid; spectacular; wonderful
flourish of trumpets; fanfare
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do