higher normal school; pre-war public school that trained male teachers
primary school; elementary school; grade school
teacher; instructor; teaching staff; faculty member
interesting (personality, turn of phrase, etc.); pleasantly different; tasteful; attractive; charming
agreement; assent; Norway
mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
the head; the foremost; beginning; the very front
military campaign; battle; war
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
outcome (of a course of events); consequence; tendency; trend; drift
state of the war; war situation
detailed report; full report; details; particulars
young pine; New Year's symbolic pine decoration
halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside
anniversary of a person's death; monthly return of the date of someone's death
happiness in the next world
to join together; to sum up; to combine; to unite; to mix; to agree with
arms and cavalry; troops; war; military affairs
to cry against; to denounce publicly
bravery; military prowess; valour; valor
firm adherence to one's principles; chastity (of a woman)
leader (of an alliance); leading power
every single word and phrase; word by word
to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock
light blue; pale blue; aqua
braid; braided thread or cord
coiled dragon; dragon coiled on the earth, which has not yet ascended to the sky
Kahō era (1094.12.15-1096.12.17)