Great Kanto earthquake of 1923
panic; scare; alarm; panic; financial panic
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
domestic affairs; internal administration
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
instability; insecurity; crankiness
Asia-Pacific War (starting with the Manchurian Incident in 1931 and ending with the Japanese surrender in 1945); Pacific War
postwar period; period after Second World War
rapid economic growth (esp. that of Japan in the post-WWII period)
violent shock; agitation; turbulence; turmoil; upheaval; excitement
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
every year; yearly; annually
charcoal making; charcoal maker; charcoal-roasted; charcoal-grilled
dry field farming; dry field crop
tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
this (very thing); this precisely
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
first 10 days of the month
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
lunar New Year (esp. the Chinese New Year)
reserve; spare; note; memorandum; duplicate; copy
the solar calendar; the Gregorian calendar
hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
calendar reform; adoption of a new calendar system; new calendar (for a new year); new year
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
long time; long interval; for quite some time
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
sense of the seasons; feeling of seasonality
a month or older; back numbers of a monthly
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
southern part; the south (of a region)
village; hamlet; countryside; country
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word