we; us; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to a group of one's equals or inferiors)
great rival; powerful enemy; archenemy
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
resolution; vote; decision
Sovietize; Sovietise; turning red; become communistic
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
a few years ago; some years back
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
make-up; makeup; cosmetics
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
flabby; limp; soft and pliable
lately; recently; nowadays
anticommunist (policies or measures)
arrangement; pact; agreement
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort
Japanese citizen; Japanese citizens
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
slovenly; loose; sluttish; slatternly; untidy; undisciplined
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
in that manner; like that
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
coating; painting; painter
piece (scrap, bit, strip) of paper
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
with a bang; with a crash; with a bump; suddenly (fall); sharply
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound