on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
estrangement; alienation; neglecting to stay in contact
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
participation; joining; entry; adherence
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
person in the same line of business; people in the same trade; the trade; the profession
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances
every month; each month; monthly
seasonal greeting; conventional opening phrase in a letter, appropriate to the season
fixed phrase; canned phrase; standard wording; template; boilerplate
one stroke (of a brush); a few lines (of writing); note; writing in one go (without stopping to apply more ink to the brush); parcel (of land); same handwriting
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
war situation; progress of a battle
winter vacation; winter holidays
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
research project (e.g. at school); independent research
(nature, etc.) observation diary
hibernation; winter sleep; torpor
rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
passing the winter; hibernation
Attack on Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941)
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
provincial capital (under the ritsuryo system); provincial office; public place of imperial rule
station (esp. a police station); office (e.g. tax office)
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
enterprise; business; company; corporation
factory; plant; mill; workshop