departure; leaving; setting off
he; she; this; this one; hey, you!; you bastard!
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
assault; outrage; act of violence; rape (by force); sexual assault
disobeying an order; insubordination
taming; gradual habituation; leading to
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
Manchuria; Manchukuo (Japanese Manchurian puppet state; 1932-1945)
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
mounted bandit (esp. in north-east China from the end of the Qing dynasty)
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to sit for an examination
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa-nostalgic; old-fashioned
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
(in) secrecy; behind closed doors
training; education; development; cultivation
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
personal history; background; career
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
closely-guarded secret; top secret
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop