expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)
right in the middle (of); midst; height
Hiroshima prefecture (Chūgoku area)
southern part; the south (of a region)
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
Hiroshima (city, prefecture)
counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle); counter for insects in a collection; counter for helmets, masks, etc.
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
simultaneous; all at once
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
that is to say; so that means
high ground; plateau; heights
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
fourteenth day of the month; fourteen days
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
beginning; outset; first; onset
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain; England
recent past; recent times; early modern period (from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the end of the Edo period)
last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
village; hamlet; settlement
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
uneasiness; vague apprehension; premonition
several minutes; a few minutes
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
sign; indication; omen; symptom