to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit
to have rumors going around (rumours); to have rumors spread
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
this and that; such and such
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels
incompletion; incomplete; unfinished
hmmm; uh-huh; murmur indicating approval, comprehension, etc.
with one's life (protect, etc.); at the cost of one's life
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.); severe; hard; strict
outsider; someone outside of a group
going to war; departure for the front; departure for military service (in response to a draft)
desperation; struggle to the death
gray or silver haired (grey)
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
hard or crushing blow; severe attack
to be unable to let pass unnoticed; to be unable to be indifferent; to be unable to just watch (without doing anything)
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
dispersal; scattering; discrete
pulling up; drawing up; raising; increase; repatriation; evacuation
accommodation; reception; seating; custody (e.g. awaiting deportation); internment; admission
position; job; employment; opening
branch office; branch store
to speak sharply (e.g. during a heated discussion or argument)