no objection; nothing to criticize; nothing to criticise
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
respect and affection; love and respect
U.S. forces; American military
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
black person; (arch.) woman in the nightlife business; (arch.) demimondaine; (arch.) geisha and prostitutes
ray of hope; glimmer of hope
death in jail; death in prison
to animate; to liven up; to cheer up
sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum)
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
new constitution (esp. Japan's postwar constitution)
official proclamation; announcement; promulgation (e.g. of regulations)
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
cast (play, film, etc.); cast (e.g. type conversion)
production (e.g. play); direction
waiting expectantly; waiting eagerly; looking forward to; long-awaited
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
unusual; unconventional; mold-breaking; outside the box
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
levitation; floating on air; airborne (e.g. bacteria); aero-
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end