poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
battle formation; battle array; lineup (of a team, etc.); cast; staff
reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
visit (from someone); call
reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)
to stick (to); to cling (to); to adhere (to); to stay (in a place); to stick close (to someone); to follow (someone) around
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
empty gun; gun loaded with blanks; firing a blank
to shoot (a gun, person, etc.); to fire
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
to tease; to irritate; to tantalize; to keep (someone) in suspense
firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance
departure; departing from ...; sent from ...; (a letter, etc.) dated ...; counter for engines (on an aircraft); counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
highest grade; finest quality; top class; superlative (degree)
formality; social rules; social status; social standing; (arch.) amendments and enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryō)
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to not give in; to be obstinate; to be stubborn; to be perverse
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
as soon as ... is completed; as soon as ... is done; as soon as one is able to ...; as soon as one has (free time)
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
port (left side of vessel)
(the) whole; as a whole; in general; at large
to take command; to give direction
Johnston; Johnstone; Jonstone
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
trust; confidence; credence
command; direction; supervision; conducting (an orchestra, choir, etc.)
to take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army)
hanger-on; follower; flunky; purse strapped round one's waist
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (a burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory