short and stout; small but wide around
unaffected and sincere, with fortitude and vigor (vigour)
serious; earnest; honest; real; legit
oversight; omission; mistake
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise
company; firm; (Shinto) shrine; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.; incorporated body
main force; main strength; main effort; primary focus
alternation of generations; heterogenesis; change of generations; emergence of a new generation
to make a sale of government property
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
(national) capital (city); metropolis
to hit the bull's-eye; to go as expected; to succeed (e.g. of a plan); to strike one's fancy; to tickle one's funny bone
megaphone; bullhorn; loudhailer
breaking down; defeating; abolishing
group; (free) radical; counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones, satellites)
cannonball; shot (in the shot put)
both sides (on the left and right); both neighbours
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
deployment; disposition; posting; stationing
dated; date; date of effect (e.g. a rule change); fixed; external
uprooting; pulling up (a plant) by the roots; eradicating; rooting out; all (destroyed, stolen, etc.); completely
in a terrible mess; in complete disorder; chaotic
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
taking the opportunity to do something; doing something incidentally; doing something while (you) are at it; doing something on the way; while I'm at it
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
together with; same; both; all; including ...
singing together; singing in union; chorus; ensemble singing; choral singing; chorus
head (of a line, group, etc.); front; lead; forefront; vanguard
to be too late; to be too slow
lonely; lonesome; dreary; desolate; deserted; forlorn
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
big man; large man; tall man; giant
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion; metal wire with a prop animal (e.g. butterfly, bird) attached to the end; rod used to control the arm of a puppet (in bunraku)
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
to threaten; to make threats
struggling; pawing (e.g. horses' hooves)