postwar period; period after Second World War
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
gambling den; gambling house
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
look!; there!; here!; that is
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
to subsist; to keep on living
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends
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)
performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
occasional; infrequent; rare
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
just one person; only one
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
having done ... by mistake; having messed up ...
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
national border; provincial border
Soviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
to be found; to be discovered
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
ancestor; forefather; foremother
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way