crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
(volcanic) crater; caldera; burner (of a boiler)
department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion
to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in
counter for ships; counter for half of a pair (e.g. half of a folding screen); (arch.) counter for items carried in a bundle (e.g. fish, birds, arrows)
escort vessel; destroyer (Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force)
large and rough; big and tough; unrefined; rustic; extreme; excessive
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to go with (a companion); to hang out with; to do together
to tuck one's tail between one's legs; to admit defeat; to turn tail (and run)
to knock down; to knock off
departure from a port; leaving port; setting sail
tight turn; adaptability; flexibility; maneuverability
running aground; being stranded; grounding; beaching
chaos; turmoil; pandemonium; havoc
watch; guard; lookout; surveillance; watchman; sentinel
speaking tube; voice pipe
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
standing at attention; standing stiffly upright
sinking; foundering; getting dead drunk; having too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties; staying in one place for a long time
starboard (side of a ship)
reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)
good bye; I'm off; see you later
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
to start a signal fire; to use a smoke signal; to initiate an action; to start a campaign
interpretation (i.e. oral translation); interpreter
beacon; skyrocket; signal fire; starting shot; starting signal