personal affairs; private matter; personal secret; privacy
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
society; public; community; social studies
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
looks; countenance; facial features; physiognomy
complete change; about-face
in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to have a talk; to tell a story
brave warrior; hero; brave man
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
tenth day of the month; ten days
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
battlefield; battleground
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
in the meanwhile; during the time
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
information; experience; knowledge; observation
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
tear; rip; rent; slit; crack; chasm
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you