polish; improvement; burnishing
intensely; severely; strictly; tightly; compactly; closely
babysitting; babysitter; taking care of; assisting; assistant
even if not; even without
higher-grade officer rank (JMSDF)
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
old or veteran army general
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
to stay (at); to stop (at)
to say; to be pleased to say
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
to assemble (in a hall); to meet together (in a room)
deep emotion; strong feelings
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
to compete ruthlessly; (lit.) to sharpen swords
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
to work hard; to work diligently
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
to stare at each other; to lock eyes with
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
innocent; naive; artless; unsophisticated; pure; fresh
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to be able to manage somehow or another
close; intimate; on good terms
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
having nothing to do; having time on one's hands (and not knowing what to do); being at a loose end; being bored