day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
in this way; thus; such; uh...
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
pre-war days; before the war
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
territories in the vicinity of the capital and under direct imperial rule; (in Japanese history) the five kuni in the immediate vicinity of Kyoto
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
raid; military attack by a mobile unit; hit-and-run attack; shortstop; short
while; during (the time when)
native place; birth-place; one's old home; province; region; locality
public confidence; popular support
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
considerably; fairly; quite
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
condition; situation; prospects
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
Bizen (former province located in the southeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)