composition (of music); setting; writing music
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up
armed forces; military; troops
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
vassal state; vassal nation; dependency
the nth ...; divisions of a kabuki performance
state (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. of Canada); continent; province (of Japan); province (of ancient China); prefecture
to inquire (about); to enquire; to ask; to interrogate; to question intensely; to grill (someone about something)
swastika (esp. counterclockwise form as a Buddhist symbol); fylfot; swastika-shaped family crest; wow; yeah
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to install; to embed
here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
with a collapse; with a slump
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
to be unable to stand; to be weak in the knees; to be paralyzed (e.g. with fear) (paralysed); to be dumbfounded
hometown; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
alien (from another planet)
to bud; to sprout; to arise; to begin to grow
middle of the night; dead of night
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
sharp (eyes, ears, etc.); keen; acute; sharp-witted; shrewd; clever
pillar of fire; blazing column
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
extinguishing a fire; fire fighting
to be reduced to ashes; to be cremated
without; but if; otherwise; or else
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)