resignation; giving up the game for lost
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
to use as an intermediary; to worry; to mind; to care
from now on; in the future; hereafter; ahead of us; down the road
hills and fields; countryside
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
that year; same year; same age
middle of a month; second third of a month; 11th to 20th day of a month
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force; JGSDF
Maritime Self Defense Forces (Defence)
Japan Air Self-Defense Force; JASDF
registration; accession; register; entry; record
one four-of-a-kind and one three-of-a-kind in a dealt hand; three and a four (in dice games)
remarkable; striking; brilliant; splendid; spectacular; wonderful
promotion; raising of status
Islamic State (of Iraq and the Levant); Daesh; IS; information separator; delimiter
under custody; under supervision; undecided match; draw; tie
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
firm promise; definite promise
foreign; abroad; overseas
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
government office building
resignation; leaving office; leaving work (e.g. at the end of the day)
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book