family column (newspaper)
detention (and use as forced labor) of Japanese prisoners of war in Siberia after World War II
strategic information system (SIS)
managing editor; chief editor
song of praise; eulogy; paean; hymn
reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle
thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan; sukiyaki
premiere; first showing; release (film)
single-person cell; solitary cell; solitary confinement cell
editorial; leading article; leader
prison camp; concentration camp; prisoner of war camp; POW camp
distinguished service; meritorious service
Ministry of Health and Welfare (now Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
sending back; return to sender
pension (esp. public servant's); (arch.) a lord giving a land holding to a vassal
lively; vigorous; sprightly; animated; vivid
ceasing to publish; discontinuance of publication
liquor-soaked; continuous drinking; daily drinking; binge drinking
to hang up; to hoist; to denounce; to subject someone to a kangaroo court
failure; rejection; rupture
to follow; to shadow; to hanker after; to hover around
to be beside oneself; to lose one's head; to go mad with something
tomboy; rebounding; recovery; repercussions; rashness; incautiousness
purse snatching; handbag snatching; purse snatcher; handbag snatcher