to start work (on); to undertake; to start committing a crime; embarkation; launch
postwar period; period after Second World War
fort; stronghold; fortification
participation; joining; entry; adherence
task; (doing a) bit of work; difficult task; hard work
night view; night skyline; nightscape
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
laser; Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
to tower over the surroundings
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
lock; padlock; tablet; lozenge; pill
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
to throw open; to leave open
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority
control room; control booth
electrically powered; electric
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)