sudden turn; sudden change; (suddenly occurring) accident; emergency
expedient; means; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
girl; lass; young thing; chick
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk
to understand; to appreciate; to interpret
mentality; mood; sentiment; fretfulness; tedium; irritation
foolhardiness; recklessness; savage valour; savage valor; brute courage
Imperial General Headquarters (Japan)
number of days (times) one has attended
race game (board game where the object is to reach the goal first); trad. Japanese board games played with dice, esp. ban-sugoroku
surface of a board or record
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
authorized absence; permission of absence from class(es)
extraordinary; special; exceptional; non-standard grammatical construction; ungrammatical usage; solecism
favourable terms; favorable terms; favourable conditions; favorable conditions; place in the sun
strategist; tactician; schemer
(instruction) manual; handbook
domination of the world; world hegemony; world domination
surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
(written) explanation; instructions (e.g. on a product); explanatory label
schematic; schema; illustration; explanatory diagram
landscape photograph; scenic photograph
coloring; colouring; colour development; production of colour
to advance to the next stage (e.g. in a tournament)
partner country; other country (in a dispute, arrangement, etc.); opponent (country)
royal capital; imperial capital
motive power; driving force
if you have a mind to do something, you can do it
sentiment; sentimentality
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
to soak through; to be deeply impressed
willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling
shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute