noisy; confused; uproarious
merger; joining into one; amalgamation; melding; merging; annexation
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
transport; transportation
anti-Japanese resistance movement (in pre-WWII China); anti-Japanese campaign
to run about; to rush about
Japanese national (esp. abroad); fellow countryman
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
whole nation; whole land; whole country
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
liner; regularly scheduled ship
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
foundation stone; cornerstone
Manchukuo (Japanese Manchurian puppet state; 1932-1945)
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
exceedingly; extremely; exceptionally; unexpectedly
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
to cover fully; to wrap around
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
to tease; to irritate; to tantalize; to keep (someone) in suspense
archery range; archery ground; position where an archer is standing; launch site (e.g. for rockets, missiles, etc.)
roadside tree; row of trees
to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match
something painted white; white makeup (for an actor); painted white
excessively spacious; unduly wide; sprawling
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
pride; boast; credit (to)
useless; vain; aimless; idle
open air; outdoors; outside
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
falling (down); tumbling (down); failure; failing; renouncing Christianity and converting to Buddhism (during the Edo period); apostasy