that is to say; so that means
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
end of war; cessation of hostilities
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to pass the peak (of something); to get through the most difficult part; to be over the worst (e.g. an illness); to cross a pass
high ground; plateau; heights
cruel; merciless; pitiful; tragic; breaking a religious precept without shame
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
each house; every house; many houses
inundation; submersion; flood
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
middle of a month; second third of a month; 11th to 20th day of a month
at that time; in those days
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
pupil; student; schoolchild
attendance (at school); going to school
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
alighting (from a train, bus, etc.); getting off; getting out (of a car)
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
shō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 litres
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
should; must; -able; probably; likely
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
(soldier's) cooking utensils; mess kit; outdoor (camping) cooking utensils
to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to stew
freeze-dried powdered miso (usu. salty); instant miso
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)