pomegranate (Punica granatum)
size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)
starvation; famine; hunger
line of spears held at the ready
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
(act of) building (temple, monument, etc.); erection
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
to approach (one's) death; to face (one's) death
grave marker; gravestone; headstone; writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.)
secret; private; surreptitious
various opinions; various theories; various rumors (rumours)
mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
loitering; roaming; sauntering; wandering about; prowling
to die; (lit.) to become bones
taking no notice of; paying no attention to
occupation (e.g. of territory); exclusive possession
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
starting point; point of departure
government forces; loyalist army
to break the silence; to break one's silence
radio broadcast announcing acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration and the end of the war (recording of Hirohito; broadcast August 15, 1945)
yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so
practical; pragmatic; hands-on; nuts and bolts
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
to appoint; to nominate; to assume (responsibility); to pose as
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
more than enough; more than ample; exhaustive
view; opinion; finding; findings
military administration; military government; military junta; government affairs relating to the military
even though it is not; despite not
depending on the way ...; depending on how ...; according to how ...
to stand in (someone's) place; to be in a (certain) position
candid advice; frank advice; honest opinion; exhortation; harsh but honest advice