to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
apron; apron (airport); apron (stage)
to become frayed; to become loose
shelter; safe shelter; evacuation shelter; place of refuge
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
telling (on someone); tattling; snitching
counter for ships; counter for half of a pair (e.g. half of a folding screen); (arch.) counter for items carried in a bundle (e.g. fish, birds, arrows)
unknown; obscure; insignificant
to get lost; to become lost; to go astray
former army; Imperial Japanese Army
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
postwar period; period after Second World War
lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
to lose one's way; to get lost
to become old enough to understand what's going on around oneself (of a child, etc.)
pre-war days; before the war
to catch (a wild animal, fish, insect, baseball, etc.); to capture
to load (with goods, cargo); to put on board; to stow aboard
real estate agent; realtor
supply base; storage depot
to begin talking; to open up
to get (very) cold; to get (much) colder; to feel very cold (of the body); to be chilled to the bone; to worsen (of relations, economic conditions, etc.); to decline
dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryō system)
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
lonely (place); remote; in the middle of nowhere
borrower; debtor; tenant; lessee; renter
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
children's song; nursery song
fragile; brittle; delicate; sensitive
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
to deal a blow in return; to hit back; to punch back; to reject; to send back
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion; metal wire with a prop animal (e.g. butterfly, bird) attached to the end; rod used to control the arm of a puppet (in bunraku)
head; brains; intelligence
crow (Corvus spp.); raven