to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
chill; the shivers; shivering fit
(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock
to be stripped of all one's clothes; to lose everything one has
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
way; method; means; resource; course
surrender; capitulation; submission; yield
Red Army (Soviet Union, 1918-1946); Workers' and Peasants' Red Army; Japanese Red Army; JRA
the United States and the United Kingdom; America and Britain; American-British; Anglo-American
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
New Year's Day; first day of the year; New Year's morning; morning of New Year's Day
mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice
soft; tender; soft (colour, light, etc.); subdued; informal; light
(not) at all; (not) by any means; (cannot) possibly; absolutely
6th day of the month; six days
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
senility; senile decay; infirmity (through age)
to notify; to advise; (arch.) to know; (arch.) to reign; (arch.) to govern (a country)
diaper; nappy; (arch.) swaddling clothes; (arch.) loincloth
living room (Western style); sitting room
sunken hearth; sunken fireplace
to transfer (to a different place, group, etc.); to change; to move to the next stage (of a plan, etc.); to divert (one's attention) to; to focus on (something different); to spend (time); to let (time) pass
at first; in the beginning; originally
lying on one's belly; crawling on one's belly; belly crawl
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
sleeveless (garment); sleeveless haori
red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions
tonarigumi; small-scale neighborhood associations established during WWII for fire fighting, policing, etc.
young persons' association
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to whine; to sing; to chirp
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; indeed; really
to swell; to become swollen; to become puffy (e.g. face from lack of sleep); to become bloated (esp. from fluid retention)
complete recovery of health
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious