important; momentous; essential; principal; major
fort; stronghold; fortification
district; section; sector
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
naval port; naval station
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
something used to cover the eyes; blindfold; blinder; concealing one's home such that the interior cannot be seen from outside
grandfather; male senior-citizen
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
pre-war days; before the war
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
to smile (at); to grin (at)
Wu; region in China, south of the lower Yangtze; Wu; Southern Wu; Wu; Eastern Wu
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
(former) Imperial Japanese Navy
railroad; railway; rail transport
ditch next to railway track
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
secrecy; highly classified information
that's the way it is; such is life
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge