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to sit upright; to sit up straight; to take a defiant attitude; to become aggressive; to take the offensive

2

solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately

1

China

1

century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time

31

to grow old; to age

4

retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking

2

preliminary alert (flood, typhoon, air-raid, etc.); precautionary warning

2

to get warm; to become warm

1

eastern part; the east (of a region)

6

military headquarters

3

enemy plane

3

Boso Peninsula

5

Java water dropwort (Oenanthe javanica); Japanese parsley

3

school supplies

1

coastline; shoreline; coastal railway

3

going north

3

every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs

5

eastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)

2

on the sea; on the ocean; offshore

1

to scurry home; to run home; to fly back

6

memorial day; commemoration day; anniversary

3

Chiba prefecture (Kanto area)

1

southern sea

1

under-shoulder swing-down; technique of grasping the arm of the opponent, the moment he comes forward, while stepping out of line and pushing down on the shoulder blade with the other hand, thus pulling him down; dodging; parrying (questions); disappointment; letdown

1

lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful

3

small dish

5

to take out; to take a handful of; to grab and throw; to turn someone out (of house, room, etc.)

3

label (i.e. sticker); label (i.e. record label)

1

camphor

1

to be cloying; to be sick and tired with; to be disgusted with; to stink

2

(body) weight

4

while alive; during one's lifetime

2

(with a) thump; (hanging) straight down

1

figure; body shape; build; physique; form

1

to get information out of a person; to begin listening

2

drugs; ingredients (for Chinese medicine)

2

to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up

1

to take the form (of); to assume a shape

1

appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view

2

cloth; dress material; clothing fabric

1

to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive

1

endlessly; ceaselessly

3

to be separated by death

2

equinoctial week (when Buddhist services are held); Buddhist services during the equinoctial week; nirvana

8

comfortably; easily

2

opposite bank; farther shore

3

to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)

1

to relate to; to have one's feelings understood

1

to tie up; to bind; to tuck up (clothes, etc.)

1

reefy coast; windswept and wave-beaten shore

2