career; carrier (disease, signal, warship, etc.); carrier; telephone company; career government employee
expressive power; inventiveness; creative power
counter for books; volume
black joke; black comedy; morbid humor
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
focusing on only the good points or strong points; incorporating the benefits (while ignoring the drawbacks); picking the best of both (everything); cherry-picking (e.g. information)
steering (of a boat); steerage
submarine; submersible vessel
set of three; three sets; three classes
simplified version; abridged edition
to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span
(pilot or driver's) seat; cockpit
contrivance; to invent; to devise; to think out
adsorption; adhesion (by suction); attachment; sticking to
anchorage (area); moorage; roadstead
suicide attack; kamikaze attack
Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)
to assert; to declare; to list (one by one); to enumerate; to spread rumours (rumors); to go on and on (about)
to insure (something); to come up with a back-up plan; to hedge one's bets; to play it safe
bad example; bad precedent
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
base (logarithmic, exponential, number system); radix; base (triangle, cone, cylinder, etc.); type; kind
deferment (e.g. of savings); leaving (a thing) as it stands; unredeemed; unredeemable; irredeemable
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
quay; wharf; jetty; wall-like shoreline; cliff wall
cool; refreshing; clear (e.g. eyes); bright; clear; distinct
Imperial Japanese Navy (1872-1945)
strong point; selling point; forte; specialty; attraction
ultramarine colour (color)
hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky