contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
fan; enthusiast; lover (of); fan (e.g. electric)
acquaintance; friend; (arch.) lover
locked-room murder (e.g. in murder mystery fiction)
to take hold of; to possess; to haunt
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
railroad; railway; rail transport
detention (and use as forced labor) of Japanese prisoners of war in Siberia after World War II
war; fighting; fierce competition
Soviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
experienced person; person who has had a particular experience
generation; the world; the age
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
forced labor; forced labour; slave labor; slave labour
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
to be a matter of life or death
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
physical education; PE; gym (class)
marathon training in physical education classes in Japanese schools
information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing
to pattern after; to liken to; to imitate
head house (family); birthplace; originator
to attack the enemy in his unguarded moment
as you see; as you can see
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence
binding (of a book); design (of a book cover)
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability