decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
one of these days; someday; one day
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea)
transport ship; troop ship
support; backing; aid; assistance
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
relocation of the capital; transfer of the capital
military history; military annals
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
air flotilla; air fleet; combat aviation unit of the Imperial Japanese Navy
(arch.) youth; (arch.) freshness; good omen; Sweden; Switzerland
(in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
to be indicated as the winner of a bout by the raising of the referee's fan; to be declared the winner
Kaga (former province located in the south of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture)
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
to abbreviate; to omit; to take; to capture
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
blue dragon; Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the eastern heavens; large horse with a bluish-leaden coat; shape of an old pine tree
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
funny song; comic song; limerick
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
simmer; bubble out; flow out
Battle of Midway (June 1942)
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
arrogance; haughtiness; conceitedness
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other