to find fault with; to question
western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
National Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1947-); Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947); legislative assembly; parliament
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
scattering (e.g. in statistics); scatter; dispersion; variation
within the limits (framework, boundaries, price, etc.)
to discuss; to find fault with; to criticize; to criticise
or; OR (Boolean operator)
skewer; spit; skewering; impalement; running through (e.g. with spear)
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
hilly section of a city (usu. residential); Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds); place near the mountains
casualties; the killed and wounded
without losing time (e.g. to do); without even time for (doing something)
rough; wild; rude; harsh; gruff; violent
buzzer; personal alarm (loud buzzer to attract attention in case of attack)
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
thick voice; husky voice; guttural voice; voice with a thick accent
beginning; start; civilization; civilisation; enlightenment
discipline; punishment; reprimand
hopelessly inaccurate; not even remotely close; can't hit the side of a barn
eyetooth; cuspid; canine (tooth); dogtooth
ballistic missile defense; BMD
the capital city (often Tokyo) area (typically within 50 km of city's centre) (center)
to blow off; to be blown off
Jon; John; Gjon; Jonathan
light spot (e.g. a blip on radar); luminous dot; always-on pixel (as a defect in LCD displays); stuck pixel
several shots; several blows
to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort