private (soldier); (common) soldier; ranks; rank and file
novel; original; new; innovative
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
study; research; investigation
openly; squarely; directly; to a person's face
to strain (one's stomach); to bear down (during childbirth); to push down
to plan one's next moves; to work out a plan
to be grounded on; to be based on; to be due to; to originate from
what sort of; what kind of; what way
to faint; to swoon; to be astounded; to astonished; to have a busy time; to be hectic
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
falling (down); tumbling (down); failure; failing; renouncing Christianity and converting to Buddhism (during the Edo period); apostasy
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
flexibility; pliability; softness; elasticity
maintenance; preservation; improvement
adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing by ear; ad hoc approach
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
bad move (in chess, shogi, etc.)
several years; a few years
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)
drainage basin; catchment basin; river basin; watershed; valley
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
to stand in a line; to stand in a row; to be equal