annual turning off of lights, etc.
evening school; night school
reformed delinquent; former delinquent youth
diminished capacity; diminished responsibility; legally unaccountable (e.g. due to mental illness, drugs, alcohol, etc.)
gag order; gag rule; gag law
child-rearing assistance; support for young parents; child-care allowance
February 26 Incident (attempted military coup in Japan; 1936); February 1936 military revolt
national network broadcast; nation-wide broadcast
walking encyclopedia; walking dictionary
kimono fabrics shop; draper's shop
member of the House of Councillors
reformed delinquent; former delinquent youth
early post war period; immediately after the war
news media; news organization; newspeople; people in the press
working; being employed; being hired
Nagata-chō (Japan's political center; equiv. of Downing Street)
prime minister's official residence
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
security (e.g. national security); US-Japan Security Treaty; campaign against the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty (1959-60, 1970)
being resolved to (do something); having a wholehearted intention
curiosity of fear; urge to look at something frightening; wanting to take a peek at something unpleasant
national parliament or congress building (e.g. National Diet Building (Japan), United States Capitol (USA), Houses of Parliament (UK), etc.)
diagonally; obliquely; slantingly; slantwise
air-raid shelter; bomb shelter
room that is forbidden to enter; locked room; unopened room
hostess (in a hostess bar)
proceedings (e.g. parliament, congress); business (of the day)
assembly hall; parliament house; diet building; capitol; houses of parliament; congress hall
opening to the public (e.g. garden, etc.); read permission: anybody
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
to take (someone) to one place after another (forcibly); to drag (someone) around
special directive; special order; special mission; special appointment
monster cat; cat with magical powers
enka; traditional-style Japanese popular ballad
to threaten; to intimidate; to be threatening
biological parent; real parent
to use X as a selling point