postwar period; period after Second World War
occupying forces (esp. of the Allies in Japan after World War II)
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)
descendant; posterity; offspring
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
decision; settlement; definition
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
national railway; Japan National Railways (1949-1987)
ticket (for bus, train, etc.); passenger ticket; basic fare ticket (not valid on limited express trains without a supplemental express ticket)
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
expiry date; use-by date; date of expiry
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
addition; increase; Canada
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
to be photographed; to be projected
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
festival; feast; carnival
for the first time in one's life
cotton candy; fairy floss; candy floss
load; heavy burden; encumbrance; heavy freight; heavy responsibility
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
cognitive impairment; senility; dementia
to trouble; to bother; to annoy; to give trouble
deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
memory; sense; experience
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly