to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
old or veteran army general
war fan; commander's war fan
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
handsome youth (male); pretty boy
the form and its shadow; things inseparable
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
commander; commanding officer; CO
firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
White Tiger (god said to rule over the western heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the western heavens
survival; survivor; relic
Yamakawa Kenjirou (1854-1931)
baron; Irish cobbler (variety of potato)
crying loudly; bawling; wailing; crying one's eyes out (without making noise); breaking into a flood of tears; crying buckets
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
game held with the Emperor in attendance
overall victory; championship
election; selection; choice
storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story
Noma Seiji (1878.12.17-1938.10.16)
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
moment; brief space of time
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
flat-tasting; bland; lacking in flavor; dull; flat; unimaginative
to be able to manage somehow or another
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
to win through (e.g. to the next round); to win game after game; to achieve a final victory; to fight to the end and win; to come out on top
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
deep admiration; repeatedly lamenting
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete