twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
cabinet (of a government); ministry
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
Marco Polo Bridge Incident (July 7, 1937)
Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
Nanjing; Nanking; pumpkin; squash; Chinese; Southeast Asian
occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture
hygiene; sanitation; health
convening; calling together (e.g. parliament); call-up (for military service)
school hours; hours of teaching (instruction)
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
going to war; departure for the front; departure for military service (in response to a draft)
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
visit to console someone; giving comfort (to the sick, injured, etc.); expressing condolences (sympathy, concern, etc.); sympathy call
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
writing paper; stationery; notepaper
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear); to tame; to domesticate; to train (an animal)
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
February 26 Incident (attempted military coup in Japan; 1936); February 1936 military revolt
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
social; societal; societary
massacre; mass slaughter; genocide; holocaust
end of war; cessation of hostilities
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
Japanese person; Japanese people
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
situation; state of things; current affairs
lecture (esp. special engagement by noted speaker); lecture meeting (event with one or more lectures)