to turn over a new leaf; to mend one's ways; to reform
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
any more; any further; any better; any longer
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
deadly serious; deadly earnest
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
please (give me); please (do for me)
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
military of the Empire of Japan
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
single word; a few words; brief comment
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
Japanese company active abroad; company partly funded by Japanese nationals
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to lob (e.g. grenades)
destruction; collapse; crumbling
of course; certainly; naturally
hey there; I say; see here
teaching your grandmother to suck eggs; teaching something to someone who knows more than you; preaching to the choir; (lit.) lecturing to the Buddha
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
resistance against Japanese aggression; anti-Japanese (campaign, movement, etc.)
considerably; greatly; a lot
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
serious; severe; grave; acute
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to settle (a problem); to put an end to (a dispute); to be disposed of; to be settled; to come to an end
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
article; news story; report; account
news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)