simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
January; first month of the lunar calendar
the first and second; a few
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
present; current; in operation
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
territory (of country, feudal domain, etc.); (arch.) counter for suits of clothing, sets of armor, etc.
First World War (1914-1918); World War I; WWI; WW1
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
Khar'kov; Kharkov (Russia); Kharikov
taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
department (faculty) of literature
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
nationality; citizenship; nationality (ship, airplane, etc.); registration; flag
acquisition; obtaining; gaining possession; purchase
prime minister; chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.); premier
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
interpretation (i.e. oral translation); interpreter
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
military service; serving in a war; taking part in a campaign
attack; drive; advance; invasion
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
eastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)
normal school (pre-war Japan); teachers' training college