departure for a specified destination
year-end fair; year-end market
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
setting on fire; setting afire
bad news; news of a death; death notice
restoration of imperial rule
edict; ordinance; proclamation
in spite of; regardless of
military profession; military post
office and rank; an official rank
stripping (of rights, office, etc.); deprivation; divestiture; forfeit; revocation
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
close to the wall; alongside the wall
shallow-minded mouthing of secondhand information
at any moment (now); at any minute; on the verge of (doing); just about to
to be boiled; to be cooked
prosperity; bustle; activity; crowd; turnout
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
New Year's Eve; December 31
tragic but brave; heroic; grim; pathetic
safely; without incident; without mishap; in peace; peacefully; quietly
National Guard (esp. USA); National Guard member
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions
glutinous rice with red beans (eaten on celebratory occasions); mochi rice with red beans
box made of thin wood or cardboard
one by one; one each; one at a time
dish of vegetables, konnyaku, etc. simmered in soy sauce and water until the liquid is almost gone
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
pale; pallid; bluish-white