to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
shelter; cover; screen; shield; obstruction; defilade
while; even though; despite
bugling (sound); honking; grumbling; complaining; car; automobile
rotting; spoiling; decaying; rotten; worthless; paltry
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
major general; rear admiral; air commodore
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
memories; recollections; reminiscence
making; forming; cultivating; form; appearance
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
war; battle; match; game; competition
to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
off the coast; offshore; out at sea
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
recovery; rescue; recapture
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
aggression; invasion; raid
position; location; base; point; site
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
in front of one's eyes; just nearby; within a stone's throw
Imperial Palace (of Japan); imperial residence
government body; government agency
Nagano (city, prefecture)
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
although I say; although one might say; although called
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
success or failure; outcome; result
lifeline; matter of life or death; indispensable thing; life line (in palm reading)
that is to say; so that means
special Nara-period administrative division for areas containing a detached palace (Yoshino and Izumi); secretary; third highest-ranking officials in the Dazaifu