Koiso Kuniaki (1880.3.22-1950.11.3)
first time; first innings; initial attempt; first; initial
another point; another goal; another run
continuation; continuance; going on; resuming
disgrace; humiliation; insult
honourable defeat; honorable defeat; honourable death; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
suicide attack; kamikaze attack
special attack unit; kamikaze unit; suicide squad
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
mainland decisive battle (land battle envisioned late in World War II)
dysfunction (often medical); malfunction; insufficiency
indiscrimination; without discrimination; indiscriminate
archipelago; group of islands
common cattail (Typha latifolia); common bulrush; common reedmace
air-raid shelter; bomb shelter
morning star lily (Lilium concolor); star lily
schoolgirl; female student
Lily Princesses Student Corps (Okinawa 1945)
Suzuki Kantarou (1868.1.18-1948.4.17)
private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside
defend and maintain; support; protection
threatening letter; intimidating letter
to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend
forcing; enforcement; forced; enforced
kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
early post war period; immediately after the war