to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. of fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around
wanted poster; wanted person bulletin; search instructions
Nagasaki (city, prefecture)
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
beyond human understanding
Dejima; artificial island in Nagasaki used as a Portuguese and Dutch trading post between 1634 and 1854
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
crew member; crewman; crew
wind and snow; snowstorm; blizzard; hardships
age difference; disparity in age; age gap
extinction (e.g. of a family); dying out; discontinuation; severance (e.g. of relations); rupture; breaking off
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut
head over heels; headlong; head first
tasteless; dry as dust; insipid; flat; dull
explosive; sudden and dramatic (of an increase in sales, popularity, etc.); explosive; rapid
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa-nostalgic; old-fashioned
Greater East Asian War (1941-1945); Pacific War
merger; joining into one; amalgamation; melding; merging; annexation
to devote all one's energies; to give one's everything; to put in all one's effort
rapid increase; sharp rise; proliferation; surge; explosion
postwar period; period after Second World War
ridding oneself; freeing oneself of; growing out of; overcoming; outgrowing
day and night; around the clock; always; constantly
friend and foe; enemies and allies; both sides
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
becoming a mere shell; becoming a dead letter; losing (one's) substance; being reduced to a formality
pledge; vow; having sexual relations; having sexual intercourse; destiny; fate
rousing oneself fiercely; being intensely stirred up
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
falling together; mutual destruction; joint bankruptcy
matter of time; question of time
to pour in (liquids); to pour in (money); to pump in (investment)
enthusiast; fan; lover; devotee; aficionado