cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing
fingernail mark; scratch; scars (e.g. of war); traces (of damage); ravages
elevated (structure); overhead
to come and go; to go back and forth
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
Japan Self-Defense Forces; JSDF; self-defence force; self-defense force
stretcher; litter (medical); gurney
one by one; one after another; successively
wounded person; injured person
empty lot; vacant plot of land
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
to force (someone) to take part; to take along unwillingly
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
on countless occasions; many a time
to help each other; to cooperate
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
people; men and women; each person; everybody
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
news of someone's death; obituary
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
desperately; for one's dear life
weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
only recently; just of late
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
how long; how far; how much
to look around; to survey
invisibly; secretly; privately
unintentionally; inadvertently; calmly; casually; nonchalantly; innocently
wrong direction; different direction (from what one expected)
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew