bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
mixing; blending; adding; adulteration
(period of) a year; during an era
military affairs; military service
engaging in (work); pursuing (e.g. studies); following (a profession); being involved in
usually; ordinarily; always; continuous; 24-hour (operation, care, etc.); constant
destruction; annihilation; extermination
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
clothing; dressing; binding (of a book)
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
is something that; is that which
war; fighting; fierce competition
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)
to pile up; to accumulate
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
major general; rear admiral; air commodore
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
nineteenth day of the month; nineteen days; (arch.) fool; (arch.) simpleton
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
established (certain) fact
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
solid; firm; steady; unshakeable; unwavering
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
when the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off; (lit.) when the nimble rabbit dies, the hunting dog is cooked
absolute obedience; complete submission
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge