frank; candid; frankfurter; frank
to be coming; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
preconception; preconceived notion; prejudice
backdoor; rear entrance; rear exit; unauthorized; illicit; illegal
memory; ability to remember
in good health; alive and well; going strong
outbreak of war; starting a war
boisterously; roughly; briskly
to be sorry; to beg pardon; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be filled with awe; to be disconcerted
to be puffed up with pride; to throw out one's chest
to be enlivened; to be exhilarated
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
student (esp. a university student)
strategy meeting; council of war
unrequited love; one-sided love
conference room; council room
beautiful woman with cold, standoffish air
to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking
to take on a role; to take part
blitzkrieg; lightning war
usurpation; taking back; dispossession
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
flying column; detached force
flying column; detached force
explosive blast (in construction, mining, etc.); blasting
switching over to; migration; transition
completion; accomplishment; attainment of greatness or success
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
to criticize harshly; to blame; to accuse; to urge; to press
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)