our country; our land; one's own country
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
to be sharp; to be keen; to be on the ball; to have a mind like a steel trap; to be clever
grasp; catch; understanding
to send or direct a person to
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
outside of one's area of expertise
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
(not) at all; (not) in the least; (none) whatsoever
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
smooth; meticulous; painstaking; detailed
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
rice polishing; polished rice
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
medicine for internal disorders
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
with a click; with a snap; ornamental clip (hair, obi, etc.)
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
scale; scope; plan; structure
to misread; to misinterpret; to misunderstand
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
hostile party; enemy side
excretion; discharge; excrement
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
double; twice (as much); twofold
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
polished rice; (uncooked) white rice
unpolished rice; unmilled rice; brown rice