alarm bell; fire bell; warning; wake-up call
western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
to be led by; to be headed by
stronghold; citadel; base (of operations); headquarters
to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up; to accommodate
not in one's right mind; insane
for some reason or other; somehow or other; by some chance
important condition; basic premise; something that should be obvious to all; something that should not have to be argued; major premise (in a syllogism)
advantage or disadvantage
very great; enormous; serious
atrocious; heinous; fiendish; brutal; vicious
lamentable; deplorable; regrettable; sad; wretched
overwhelming victory; crushing victory; sweeping victory; landslide victory
to become inverted; to become reversed
cheering in chorus; saying in unison
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to nod off (while sitting); to doze off; (lit.) to row a boat
immovable; motionless; firm; Acala (Wisdom King); Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity
single line (of ships); single line formation; line of battle
freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly
to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head
refining; purification; careful manufacture
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
priority; order of precedence
national defence; national defense
establishing; founding; setting up; organizing; establishment
internal conditions; true state of affairs
national politics; political situation; statecraft; body politic
walking encyclopedia; walking dictionary
check (against); collation (with); comparison; verification