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war; fighting; fierce competition

4

time; season; period; phase; stage

3

elementary school (in Japan; 1941-1947)

1

elementary course

2

(former) Imperial Japanese Navy

1

Attack on Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941)

1

Japan and the United States; Japanese-American

1

interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance

1

outbreak (e.g. of war); outburst; sudden occurrence

1

country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)

1

exaltation; emotional uplift

2

situated deep in the mountains

1

loyalty and patriotism

1

compulsory; obligatory; mandatory

1

town; city; municipal; urban

1

disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing

3

unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha

1

although I say; although one might say; although called

7

right in the midst of; right at the height of

1

side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore

1

same age

2

to meet; to meet up; to rendezvous; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together

2

white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine

2

ceramics; pottery; porcelain

1

to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open

1

daffodil (esp. Narcissus tazetta var. chinensis); narcissus

1

sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable

1

red hakama (worn by miko or noblewomen at court)

3

to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip

1

sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable

4

a few years later

1

New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January

2

joining (a group, team, etc.); enrollment; enrolment

1

last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)

1

corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)

2

as one of

1

to make eye contact

2

next day

5

when one was a very young child; very early in one's life

3

every night

6

usual state of things

2

soft fair skin

1

to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to

2

men; manservant; male attendants to an actor

2

semen

1

animal passions; carnal desire; lust

1

to rage; to be fierce; to be excited

2

forestry; lumbering; timbering; work done in the mountains

1

to be bony; to be angular

3

smallish; on the small side; somewhat small; short swing of a bat, racquet, etc.

2