battlefield; battleground
countermeasures headquarters; task force; countermeasures office; emergency headquarters
work-in-progress; working state
provisional; temporary; tentative; interim
receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)
visual hallucination; vision
eight-tenths; ostracism; casting someone out; type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg
to make good use of one's spare moments; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
(air or sea) route; course; line; run
descent; fall; drop; passing down (of an order, decree, etc.)
as planned; according to plan
declaration; statement; proclamation
clerk; (bureau, post-office) staff
wonder; admiration; being struck with admiration
cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
calm; peace; serenity; composure; equanimity; presence of mind
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
intelligence agency; secret service
starting point; origin; origin (of coordinate axes); datum point
various opinions; various theories; various rumors (rumours)
madrasa; madrasah; medrese
theological school; seminary
student (esp. a university student)
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
suffering (from a disaster); being hit (by an earthquake, typhoon, etc.); falling victim (to)
charity; benevolence; philanthropy
faction; branch; sect; denomination; branching off
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
zaibatsu; financial conglomerate; industrial group; rich person