idle gossip; foolish talk; yarn
disturbance; upheaval; unrest; war; riot
Shōwa Station (Antarctica); Showa Station; Syowa Station
Buddhist memorial service
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
major incident; major happening; big scandal
comparatively; relatively; fairly; considering ...; for ...; despite ...
concerning ...; over ...; about ...; centering on ...
construction; establishment
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
effective control (over territory); working control
not yet known; unknown; strange
armed forces; military; troops
practice; exercise; military exercise; manoeuvres; seminar
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
world situation; world affairs
at a stroke; with a single swoop
underground lake; subterranean lake
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
the other day; some time ago; recently
hurried construction; hurried production; hasty manufacture; hasty formation
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
countries all over the world; all the countries of the world
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
training; education; development; cultivation
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
and also; and on top of that; so (I take it that ...); then ...; (arch.) in that case; (arch.) if so
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings
three; three years of age
circumstances; sequence of events; how things got this way; details; particulars
patching (clothing); darning; cobbling together (other people's writings, thoughts, etc.); gathering
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
odd theory; strange view; absurd opinion; strange story