life or death; existence; destiny
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
suspicious-looking; fishy
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
beyond that point; after that
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
to rebuild; to reconstruct
hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off; to depose; to topple
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
Saitama (city, prefecture)
eastern part; the east (of a region)
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
defect; deficiency; imperfection; Yours in haste
hideout (e.g. of fugitive from justice); hiding place
along the river; riverside
multi-tenant building; building containing a mixture of businesses, shops and residential apartments
standing in a row; forming a line; alignment
scabbard; sheath; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
armor and helmet (armour)
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
armoring; armouring; armor; armour
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
Japan Self-Defense Forces; JSDF; self-defence force; self-defense force
reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force; JGSDF
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
to stop walking; to pause
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
to go past; to pass; to pass by
instant; moment; (split) second; (in a) flash; (in the) blink of an eye