February; second month of the lunar calendar
will not do; do not; does not
poor; low-grade; load; pack; packhorse
house for rent; rented house; renting a house
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
allowance; remittance; sending (someone) an allowance
every month; each month; monthly
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
self-education; self-instruction; self-study
studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to
maintenance; preservation; improvement
one's field of expertise; one's strong area
isolation; being alone; being friendless
leitmotif; leitmotiv; leading motive
Attack on Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941)
(enter into, be in) a state of war
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
first Sanskrit alphabet letter; Africa; Awa (old province of Japan); (arch.) prefixed to names to show intimacy
heir; successor; family estate; family fortune; headship of a family
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
maid; female servant; hostess (in a ryokan); waitress (in a traditional restaurant); (arch.) court lady
war; fighting; fierce competition
for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
inborn; innate; inherent; a priori
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
conscription; (military) draft; (compulsory) enlistment
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
Japanese citizen; Japanese citizens
serious; severe; grave; acute
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
situated deep in the mountains
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence