announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
bolt from the blue; great surprise
those interested in participating; persons wishing to participate
business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for
application; entry; request; subscription; offer; proposal
every place; various places
massing (of troops); gathering
port city; harbor city; harbour city
steering (of a boat); steerage
displacement (e.g. of a ship); volume of wastewater
like a decent person; human
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
counter for ships (large boats); counter for half of a pair (e.g. half of a folding screen); counter for fish, birds, arrows, etc.
to send to; to deliver; to escort (a person) home
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
to need; to demand; to take; to require
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
conscription; (military) draft; (compulsory) enlistment
personal; individual; private
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
common foot soldier (feudal Japan); samurai of the lowest rank
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to cut in (printing)
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
piece; fragment; one (object)
combat engineer; military engineer; combat engineering; military engineering
making use of; application; practical use; operation; handling; steering (esp. a boat)
is something that; is that which
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes