to make someone cry; to move someone to tears; to grieve
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly
judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation; beheading; decapitation
novel; story; (work of) fiction
cigarette end; cigarette butt
absentmindedly; vacantly; carelessly
to resolve to do; to make up one's mind to do; to set one's heart on; to have one's heart set on
growth period (in children)
to have a meal; to eat; to make a living; to earn one's bread
to insist on; to persist in; to be obstinate
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
fellow men; between men; among men; man-to-man
matter of the highest priority; top priority; first priority
mass killing; mass murder; bloodbath
survival; survivor; relic
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
visit (from someone); call
left utterly helpless (e.g. by a curt reply or refusal); have no one to turn to; unapproachable
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
to re-examine; to review; to recheck
Mary (mother of Jesus); the Virgin Mary; Mary (of Magdala); Mary Magdalene
draft papers; call-up notice; red paper
your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)
cockpit voice recorder; CVR; voice recorder; dictation machine; dictaphone
news; word; tidings; omen; foreboding; premonition
unforgettable; impossible to forget; lucidly remember
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
end of war; cessation of hostilities
decisive mainland battle (land battle envisioned late in World War II)
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
sensual; sexy; voluptuous
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; node (of a plant stem); joint
occupying forces (esp. of the Allies in Japan after World War II)