isolated island; outlying island; leaving an island
accomplishment; execution
ill-preparedness; insufficient preparation; lack of preparation
to find a way; to find the time; to try to make oneself available
contrived; false-sounding
navy (esp. the Japanese navy prior to the 1850s)
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
aquatic (life); living in the water
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
to talk oneself hoarse; to shout oneself hoarse
new leaves; young leaves; fresh verdure
one-stroke sketch; unicursal
confusion; distraction; derangement
old couple; elderly couple
infant (below 1 year old); suckling baby
death from prostration; death from emaciation
death due to shock (triggered by blood loss, heart failure or other causes)
large family; extended family
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
external wound; (physical) trauma
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
individual differences; personal equation
stab wound; puncture wound; bite (e.g. from a insect); sting; prick
one's grasp of the situation; knowing how matters stand
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be
principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling
apathetic; lackadaisical; spiritless; physically weak; feeble; effeminate
daring and resolute; having dauntless courage
to choke; to be choked (by); to sob convulsively