start; beginning; starting (e.g. a race); departing; starting point
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
beach hut; beachside clubhouse
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
31st day of the month; 31 days
various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
(exaggerated) professing to be; passing oneself off as
to pick a fight; to pick a quarrel
oval tub or tray used in fish shops
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
management; administration; operation
hypo- (indicating the lowest oxidation state)
to be completely changed (for the worse); to be transformed
sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
good(-tasting); nice; delicious; attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.); appealing; convenient
concerning ...; over ...; about ...; centering on ...
underground shopping center; underground shopping centre
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; marijuana; cannabis; not genuine
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
leadership; initiative; spearhead
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
probability; likelihood; chances
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
soggy; soaked; crushed (out of shape); crumpled; messy; untidy
to be crushed; to be squashed (flat)
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
end of war; cessation of hostilities
coastal region; coastal area; coastline
to cause casualties; to result in deaths