feigned ignorance; pretending not to know; pretending not to recognize (someone); unconcerned air; indifference; nonchalance
Kanagawa Prefecture (Kanto area)
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
to rebuild; to reconstruct
stylish; smart; elegant; chic; refined; trim
Manchuria; Manchukuo (Japanese Manchurian puppet state; 1932-1945)
new capital; Hsinking (capital of Japanese puppet state Manchukuo; current-day Changchun); Xinjing
everlasting spring; China rose (Rosa chinensis); Changchun (China)
serviceman; servicewoman; soldier; member of the armed forces; military personnel
Kwantung Army (Japanese armed forces in Manchukuo)
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
death from disease contracted at the front
prisoner (of war); POW; captive
Siberia; cake made with layers of sweet bean paste and sponge cake
transfer; transport; transportation
epidemic typhus; louse-borne typhus
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
Kumamoto (city, prefecture)
deceased father; late father
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
second marriage; remarriage
father-in-law; foster father; stepfather
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
to work hard; to work diligently; to do one's best; to try one's hardest
construction; architecture (of buildings)
primary school; elementary school; grade school
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
classification; categorization; sorting
scrap (metal); clipping (from a newspaper, magazine, etc.); cutting; scrapbook
formal receipt (of payment; oft. hand-written)
file (for holding papers); file (collection of documents); filing; file
without a moment's delay; at once; immediately; instantly; promptly; without hesitation
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
admiration; being impressed (by)
course; route; course (of study); program; lane (in running, swimming, etc.); course (of action); policy
to be rested; to feel at ease; to repose; to be relieved
oil; petroleum; kerosene; paraffin
same trade; same business; same profession
to jump out; to leap out; to appear (suddenly); to emerge; to protrude; to project
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant