crying loudly; bawling; wailing; crying one's eyes out (without making noise); breaking into a flood of tears; crying buckets
white (bleached) bone; skeleton
person in charge; official; attendant
(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
to collect the ashes of the deceased; to look after someone's affairs after he dies
to step forward; to volunteer
funerary urn; cinerary urn; burial urn; cremation urn
to die; (lit.) to become bones
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
lifesaver; person who saved one's life
training; education; development; cultivation
the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)
amusement; diversion (to pass time); pastime; recreation
Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2
rented house; house for rent
Japanese dressmaking; kimono making
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
living together; coexistence
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
imperial university; university founded by the Empire of Japan between 1886 and 1939; Imperial University (name of the University of Tokyo between 1886 and 1897)
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. a 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