surface-to-air missile; SAM
SM; S&M; sado-masochism; shopping mall
defense; defence; fielding
Krymskii Polustrov (peninsula); Crimean Peninsula
China and Russia; Sino-Russian
filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); fill-in-the-blank activity
will to fight; fighting spirit; morale
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
weak constitution; weak body; weak (organization, system, etc.); feeble
to take one's leave; to excuse oneself; to resign (from); to step down; to decline; to turn down
failure; collapse; breakdown; (arch.) tear (in clothing, etc.); (arch.) rip; (arch.) split
side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife
theory; standard procedure; common strategy; established tactics
to dazzle one's eyes; to hold one's gaze; to fascinate; to captivate
whatever way; any way; either way; one way or the other
rook (species of crow, Corvus frugilegus)
dropping a bomb; bomb drop; slingstone
bitter orange (Citrus aurantium); sour orange; Seville orange; orange (color, colour)
sunlight; sunshine; Nikkō (city in Tochigi); Suryaprabha (bodhisattva)
sickle-shaped neck (e.g. snake, praying mantis); crooked neck; gooseneck
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
looking or acting as if one owned the place
eastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)
... years old; age (of) ...
center part; middle part; center-parted bangs; curtains; hair intakes
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
handyman; utility man; odd-job man
(all) important positions; every strategic point; each key post; (all) important parts; every important point
double tooth; protruding tooth (like a fang); high canine
to show; to bare (the teeth)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization; NATO