state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
U.S. forces; American military
munching; devouring; gobbling up; (arch.) shaggy; (arch.) disheveled; (arch.) unkempt
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
Sapporo (city in Hokkaido)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to make a speech; to address
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
selection (esp. from many people for an important job position); exceptional promotion
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
January; first month of the lunar calendar
thirtieth day of the month; thirty days
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
general mobilization; general mobilisation
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
integration; unification; unity; combination; consolidation; synthesis
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out