raising and lowering; praising and blaming; modulation
Transportation Corps (service branch of the Imperial Japanese Army)
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
forced labor; forced labour; slave labor; slave labour
convenient; useful; finding useful; coming in handy; (priceless) treasure
internment camp; detention facility; POW camp; refugee camp
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
end of war; cessation of hostilities
to be stranded; to be forced to stay; to be obliged to stay
colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm
serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
schoolgirl; female student
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
front and rear; before and after; order; sequence; consequences; context
to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind
to be satisfied; to find peace of mind; to feel good
dressing oneself; putting on clothes; embezzlement
I can say now (what I couldn't before); now (that things have changed) I don't mind telling you; I couldn't tell you until now; I couldn't have told you this back then
to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet; to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to get in close to one's opponent
foreign merchant; foreign businessman; foreign company; out-of-store sales; calling on customers to take orders
red line; red-light district (marked by a red line on police maps); non-legal public road (denoted by a red line on cadastral maps; sometimes no longer physically existing)
National Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1947-); Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947); legislative assembly; parliament
official proclamation; announcement; promulgation (e.g. of regulations)
execution; enforcing; carrying out; giving alms; giving food to the poor or monks
ordinary (esp. life or behavior); typical; conventional; standard; average
to keep a house; to run a household
meeting together; introduction; costarring; appearing together; being matched; facing off
confirmed as completed; everything must go (e.g. in a sale)
again (and again); once again; yet again; (there you go) again
big quarrel; huge fight; big row
confused (situation); great fuss; much wrangling
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
house for rent; rented house; renting a house
person in the same line of business; people in the same trade; the trade; the profession
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined