Kanazawa (city in Ishikawa)
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
(mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis
vexing; irritating; impatient
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
armoured vehicle; armored vehicle
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
refraining from going outside; staying indoors
closure (of a road); suspension of traffic; road closed; closed to traffic; no through road
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically
to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point
duty station; place of business; work location
to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order
distribution (e.g. films, rice); rationing (e.g. food, gasoline); food ration
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
oak; daimyo oak; Japanese emperor oak; Quercus dentata
detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house; separation from; loss of interest in; independence of
one by one; one after another
dawn; daybreak; end; soon after something has ended; beginning (of a new year, month, etc.)
armour (e.g. tank); armor
military history; military annals
base; bag; sack; fortress; stronghold
to throw (liquid) at; to dash; to inundate (with questions); to heap (praise); to hurl (abuse)
imprisonment; incarceration
officer below the rank of major; company officer
to beat to death; to kill
to round up; to gather; to muster; to mobilize; to mobilise
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution