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to yearn (for); to pine (for); to long (for); to be madly in love (with); to be consumed with love (for)

1

to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant

2

Pacific War (1941-1945)

1

the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)

1

armed forces; military; (common) soldier; rank-and-file soldier; underling; ordinary employee

6

all people; everybody

5

navy; naval force

1

non-commissioned officer; petty officer

1

destroyer (ship)

4

business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy

1

brown coal; lignite

1

losing a battle; lost battle; battle one cannot win; battle one is doomed to lose

1

and; thereupon; because of that

1

Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa-nostalgic; old-fashioned

2

military of the Empire of Japan

1

Aleutian Islands; Aleutians

1

Kiska (island)

1

evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat

1

successively; one after another

1

to board (a train, plane, etc.); to get into (a car); to get on (a bus); to march into; to enter; to arrive (at, in)

6

pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt

1

before long; even now

2

one large animal (horses, cattle, etc.); head (of cattle)

1

dolphin (or other small toothed whales, incl. porpoises, belugas, etc.)

5

to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)

11

full speed

4

to follow; to come along (with); to accompany; to come with (something); to follow as a result (of); to be incidental (to)

3

single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)

1

4th day of the month; four days

2

finally; at last; in the end; ultimately

1

watch; guard; lookout; surveillance; watchman; sentinel

1

to take someone's hand

3

to regret

1

one's mind

7

to be lost in deep thought; to be deeply immersed in thought

1

to begin to rain; to begin to snow

2

rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)

7

Shizuoka (city, prefecture)

1

heavy rainfall; heavy snowfall; steady rainfall; downpour; raining in earnest

1

to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)

3

some; several; many; how many; how much; very

1

muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line

1

flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event

2

ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance

1

(right at the) side; just beside

1

angle

1

rear; back; behind

1

city at night; town at night; streets at night; nightlife district; drinking district

1

to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up

1

street light; streetlamp

1