composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
military of the Empire of Japan
arrangement; pact; agreement
violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement
cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous
throwing down; dropping; airdrop; investment
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
Great Tokyo Air Raid (March 10, 1945)
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
web; World Wide Web; WWW; Web
simultaneous interpretation; simultaneous interpreting
statement (of a carefully reasoned logical argument); dissertation; enunciation; setting forth
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene
impressive; striking; memorable; impactful
cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes; remains (of war dead)
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
Hanayama Shinshou (1898.12.3-1995.3.20)
chaplain (e.g. of a prison)
handful; small amount; small number
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
memorial service for the dead; holding a service
firmly rooted; deep-seated
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
honourable defeat; honorable defeat; honourable death; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently