position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
all (there is); as long as there is
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
to discuss; to talk together
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2
early post war period; immediately after the war
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
Soviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR
national border; provincial border
internment camp; detention facility; POW camp; refugee camp
felling timber; cutting down trees; logging; lumbering
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
exile; banishment; deportation
imprisonment; captive; prisoner
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)
cut; slice (meat, fish); fillet
to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre