this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
pet dog; beloved dog; love of dogs; fondness for dogs
marines (former Japanese Navy)
getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow
1000-stitch belt; soldier's charm with stitches by a thousand women
earthquake disaster; Great Kanto Earthquake (1923)
white-eye family of birds (Zosteropidae); Japanese white-eye (Zosterops japonicus)
poor correspondent; apparent disdain of (or trouble with) writing; someone who appears to dislike (or be poor at) writing
palmyra; lusterleaf holly; patra (silver incense dish placed in front of a Buddhist statue)
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
neighborhood association (established in Japan in 1940); neighbourhood association
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
patching (clothing); darning; cobbling together (other people's writings, thoughts, etc.); gathering
Japan proper (sometimes excluding the Ryukyu islands and other remote islands); mainland Japan
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
(historical) army base; navy base
cold water; cold sake; cold; cool
(secret) date; clandestine meeting; assignation; tryst; rendezvous
women's group; women's association
food to fill one's stomach; something to satisfy one's hunger
incendiary bomb; firebomb
snow-bearing wind; wind bringing snow
to dismiss (an employee); to discharge; to divorce one's wife; to give a holiday; to give vacation time
small; fine; minute; stingy; cheap
how many times; how often
naval port; naval station
circular notice (esp. distributed to households within a neighbourhood association)
good luck; fortune; happiness
to steal another's spouse; to steal another's lover
dismissal of class (at the end of the day); recess (at school); break
sattva (being); bodhisattva
party-internal; within the party