Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2
house for rent; rented house; renting a house
Japanese dressmaking; kimono making
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
coexistence; living together
kagami mochi; New Year offering consisting of two mochi stacked on each other with a bitter orange on top, cut and eaten on January 11
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits
to feel blue; to feel depressed
(former) imperial university
one grade; first-class; primary
music school; music academy; conservatory
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
one's family; family member
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
after that (a substantive change occurred)
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
dark clouds gather; threatening signs emerge; trouble is afoot
physician's license (licence); doctor's license; medical license; license to practice medicine
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
to shake; to tremble; to sway; to be unsettled; to be unstable; to fluctuate
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
to act as a mediator; to serve as a mediator; to act as an intermediary; to be a go-between
entreaty; supplication; petition
passionate; fervent; affecting; moving; touching
just one person; only one
firmly rooted; deep-seated
nationalism; extreme patriotism
to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play
to divulge one's true feelings; to open one's heart
turning another away at the gate or front door; refusing to receive a caller
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
disappointment; despair; despondency; broken heart; adversity
dejected; dispirited; crestfallen; discouraged