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; right after; in the act of; as soon as; at that moment
clumsy; awkward; unskillful; incompetent; inept; bungling
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
war situation; progress of a battle
winter vacation; winter holidays
subject; theme; homework; assignment; problem (that needs solving); task
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
research project (e.g. at school); independent research
(nature, etc.) observation diary
hibernation; winter sleep; brumation; 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 ritsuryō 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)
along (a river, coast, railway, etc.); on (e.g. a street)
enterprise; business; company; corporation
factory; plant; mill; workshop
prison; jail; gaol; penitentiary
state-supported provincial temple (Nara period)
tenement house; row house
to surround; to crowd around; to gather around; to encircle; to besiege
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together