one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game
metre; meter; meter; gauge
Marine Corps; Royal Marines
to throw into; to toss into
front (aspect, weather, war-front, etc.); reception (e.g. in a hotel); front desk; front office; team management
aperture; bore; calibre; caliber
to be needed; to be wanted
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink
third day of the month; three days
to head towards; to direct one's steps to
modesty; humility; being humble
admission; incorporation; enlistment; enrollment
dropping out of school; withdrawing from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
Shinano (former province located in present-day Nagano Prefecture and parts of Gifu Prefecture)
language learning ability; foreign language skills; linguistic ability
business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
no match for; unbearable; unable; can't do
feeling keenly; fully realizing
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn
spy; agent provocateur; covert operative; maker; builder; constructor
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
reaching; attaining; arrival
forcefulness of speech; influential voice
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
decorations; offerings; mere window dressing
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
Minister for Foreign Affairs
about here; in this neighborhood
to come of age; to become an adult; to become fully qualified; to stand on one's own
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss