war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
(your) daughter; young woman
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
chief of the general staff
having special circumstances (e.g. problems, issues, advantages, flaws, defects, etc.); imperfect (merchandise); with defects
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
equality; impartiality; evenness
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless
lady attendant; lady's maid; waiting maid
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
amount of information; information content (information theory); Shannon information; surprisal
den of vice; rogue's den; brothel; red-light district; cluttered room
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
smoothly; easily; readily
point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site
gift; premium; prize (lottery drawing, pachinko, etc.); party favor (favour)
retainer; subject; vassal; servant
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words