use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship
results; record; grades; marks
master sergeant; sergeant major (JSDF)
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
generic; general purpose; all-purpose
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
(social) class; rank; grade
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
exposing fully; uncovering completely; being in full view; putting on display; not disguising
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
you could say; you might say; verging on the
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
narrow-minded; obstinate; stubborn; perverse; unreasonable; warped
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
feeling; sense; impression
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
(any) particular; special; material; perceptible; noticeable
to stare at with a fixed gaze; to glare
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
formal marriage interview
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
notice of personnel change (appointment, dismissal, etc.); wording; choice of language; phraseology
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
to allot; to allocate; to supply with; to furnish; to fit to; to fasten to
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
to become desperate; to give in to despair