to be prolonged; to drag on
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
how; in what way; by what means
interrogation room; interview room; sweatbox
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
in front of one's eyes; just nearby; within a stone's throw
official announcement; proclamation
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
topic of discussion; agenda
to look away; to avert one's eyes
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
those present; attendance
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
to get used (to); to get familiar with; to get skillful with
performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact
Japan Self-Defense Forces; JSDF; self-defence force; self-defense force
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
skill; proficiency; experience; dexterity
falling far short (of); being far behind; being far inferior (to); being no match (for)
minimum; at the very least
firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest