to be obsessive (about); to be overly concerned (with); to be particular (about); to pay special attention (to); to get stuck; to be obstructed
judgment; judgement; discernment
to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority
Yamaguchi (city, prefecture)
one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
prefectural border; prefectural boundary
intimacy; affection; familiarity
by nature; from the very beginning; through and through; absolutely (not); (not) at all
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
advance; moving forward; progress
hunting; hunt; gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.); picking (berries, fruit, etc.); hunting down (a criminal, etc.); rounding up (e.g. communists)
remnants of a defeated army
to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
accommodation; taking in; imprisonment; detention; containing (e.g. words in a dictionary); adding
Nanjing (China); Nanking; pumpkin; squash; Chinese; Southeast Asian
(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
great cause; moral law; justice
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
oh; ah; if there is; as for that; that is
he; she; this; this one; hey, you!; you bastard!
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
Constitutional Nationalist Party (1910-1922); Kuomintang; Chinese Nationalist Party
(arch.) Chinese "Extended Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); counter for objects with stretched strings (i.e. bows, kotos), curtains, papers, etc.
Eighth Route Army; 18th Army Group of the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China
military of the Empire of Japan
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
farmer; peasant; farming; country bumpkin; yokel; the common people
common people; ordinary people; masses
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another; successively
to be of benefit; to be beneficial; to be useful; to do one good; to be good for one
willingly; voluntarily; of one's own accord