conscription; draft system
to defy; to disobey; to rebel against; to oppose; to resist
suitable; satisfactory; desirable
reprisals; retaliatory measures
British territory (possession)
person whose presence is unwelcome, unnecessary or a nuisance; fifth wheel; third wheel; interloper
physical examination (given at conscription)
perverseness; obstinacy; something unreasonable (like pushing a cart from the side (instead of from behind)); side wheel throw (judo)
taking up a new line of work; the beginning of things; starting the preparations for New Year's festivities (December 8 in Tokyo, December 13 in Kyoto); resuming work after the New Year's vacation
to come home in triumph; to return to one's hometown in glory
(enforced) confinement; internment; detention by legal force
written question; questionnaire
member of the lower house
relationship between Japan and the United States; Japanese-American relations
radio broadcast announcing acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration and the end of the war (recording of Hirohito; broadcast August 15, 1945)
to fertilize; to fertilise; to manure; to enrich
Battle of Okinawa (April, 1945)
container for boiled rice
shade; tone; tinge; hue; colour; color
laborer; labourer; workman
(exaggerated) professing to be; passing oneself off as
novelization; novelisation; turning a film script into a novel
entertainment; hospitality; banishment (Edo period)
getting rich quick; making a killing; making a fortune at a single stroke
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era