birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
war; fighting; fierce competition
intensification; aggravation
mobilization of labor services (e.g. in wartime)
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
March; third month of the lunar calendar
tenth day of the month; ten days
Great Tokyo Air Raid (March 10, 1945)
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
Yamagata (city, prefecture); mountain shape; chevron; cone
dispersal; evacuation; removal; spreading out (troops); deployment
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
end of war; cessation of hostilities
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
(received) favor, kindness or blessing (favour)
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about
to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand
Hasegawa Kazuo (1908.2.27-1984.4.6)
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
marriage partner; spouse; wife-to-be; husband-to-be; future spouse
new school (of thought, etc.); new drama
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house; separation from; loss of interest in; independence of
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
lying down and getting up; waking; getting up; living (with); staying (with)
Funakoshi Eiichirō (1960.7.21-)
fee paid to performing artists, etc.; appearance fee
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely