beauty of form (oft. used of nature); beauty of a sculpted shape
appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)
enthusiast; fan; lover; devotee; aficionado
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
stale; hackneyed; cliched
quay; wharf; jetty; wall-like shoreline; cliff wall
to drive a wedge into (e.g. enemy defences); to wedge apart
open seam; seam that has come apart; tear
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
demobilization; demobilisation; repatriation
selling oneself (into bondage) (esp. for prostitutes)
retainer; vassal; servant
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
male help; male labor; man's handwriting; (arch.) kanji
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
war; fighting; fierce competition
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
aviation; flight; flying; to fly; to take a flight
throwing down; dropping; airdrop; investment
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
return to base (of soldiers, military aircraft or ships)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
last resort; desperate measure taken under pressure of necessity
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying