effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
Confessions of a Mask (1949 novel by Yukio Mishima)
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
Shōwa period (1926-1989); Showa period
international; worldwide; cross-border; cosmopolitan
major incident; major happening; big scandal
accident; disaster; incident; uprising; emergency
outbreak (e.g. of war); outburst; sudden occurrence
study; learning; tutorial
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
social; societal; societary
February 26 Incident (attempted military coup in Japan; 1936); February 1936 military revolt
pupil in ... year; student in ... year
process; course; mechanism
action of making something; -ification
plan; project; attempt; plot; scheme; undertaking
patriotic concern for the future of one's country
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
depiction; description; portrayal
snow scene; snowscape; snowy landscape
often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to
revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)
insurrection; rebellion; revolt; riot; uprising
passer-by; traveler; traveller
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
inner; intrinsic; mental; inherited
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
second grade; medium quality; average; middle class; secondary grade
department; section; course (of study); branch of study; (taxonomical) family
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university