to shake each other's hands; to shake hands with each other
weak and small; inferior in strength and size; minor; young; youthful
military service; serving in a war; taking part in a campaign
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
halfsies; splitting evenly between two people
general situation; general trend; general tendency; large majority (of a group, faction, etc.); majority group
composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation
to avoid being seen; to be clandestine
attachment (to); tenacity of purpose
support (e.g. for an argument); backing; proof; evidence; corroboration; substantiation
devastating; catastrophic; crushing
unfair practices; wrongdoing; malpractice; cheating; foul play
petty; small-minded; stingy; poor (performance, etc.); bad; unskilled
to interrupt (with frivolous remarks, silly jokes, etc.); to butt in; to make teasing remarks
directions; instructions; orders; command
acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for
postwar period; period after Second World War
conferral of honors (honours), according to merits
to lose face; to be disgraced
fresh in one's mind; fresh in one's memory
both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)
custom; practice; convention; precedent
cherry (fruit; esp. of the sweet cherry, Prunus avium)
to appear uneasy; to appear anxious
to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained
little something; reward; tip
dismissal (from one's post); firing; being relieved from one's post; discarding; throwing away; becoming useless
to abandon; to throw away; to discard; to forsake
natural disaster; natural calamity; act of God
opening; gap; dried and opened fish; extension
military movements; military actions; military operations; military campaigns
philosophical view; looking at philosophically; long view; farsighted view
to smash; to break (into pieces); to shatter; to simplify; to make easy to understand
to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority
a real man would (shut up and) ...
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair