aspiration; volunteering; desire; application
protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
middle of a month; second third of a month; 11th to 20th day of a month
(state of) house arrest; (state of) confinement
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
northeastern part; the northeast
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion
on the occasion of; at the time of
commander; commanding officer; CO
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
Kanto region (incl. Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki and Chiba prefectures)
local (rain, distribution, outbreak, etc.); localized; regional; isolated
to take; to catch; to capture
prompt; immediate; in real time
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by
shelter; cover; screen; shield; obstruction; defilade
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
eardrum; tympanic membrane
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
embarkation; boarding (an aeroplane, airplane)
emotional strength; force of will
to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise
sense of smell; olfaction
blood content; blood borne; within the blood
to choke; to be choked (by); to sob convulsively
living person; the living
fellow traveler; fellow traveller; travelling companion; taking someone along unwillingly (e.g. in death); forcing to take part
readiness to die; (in the) face of death
reconnaissance plane; spy plane