succeeding; following; trailing; next
to boost; to force up; to push up
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
defile; narrow path; bottleneck; impasse
mountainous region; mountainous district; hilly district
violence by weight of numbers; tyranny of the majority
outer circumference; perimeter; outskirts; periphery
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
valley; ravine; cleavage (breasts); slum
line of defence (defense); lines (as in enemy lines, etc.)
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
Japan Self-Defense Forces; JSDF; self-defence force; self-defense force
concept; general idea; notion; intention; aim; design
nonaggressive defense (policy) (defence)
cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene
armaments; military preparations
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
sour (expression); (lit.) as if having swallowed a bitter bug
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
to have a talk; to tell a story
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
to go too far; to go to excess; to carry too far
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
military strength; military personnel
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
to get distracted; to jump off the track
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
archery range; archery ground; shooting range; firing range; position where an archer is standing; launch site (e.g. for rockets, missiles, etc.)
to be affected; to be theatrical; to be pompous
to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled
self-satisfied look; triumphant look; smug face; shit-eating grin