to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
wiles; sinister design; trick; conspiracy; intrigue
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
sticky; persistent; insistent; nagging
vindictive; tenacious; persistent; spiteful; vengeful
to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
to collect; to assemble; to gather
thought; thinking; contemplation; using wisdom to get to the bottom of things; focusing one's mind; deep contemplation
fifteenth day of the month; fifteen days
radio broadcast announcing acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration and the end of the war (recording of Hirohito; broadcast August 15, 1945)
questionnaire; survey; poll
ruins of a fire; fire-devastated area
temporary; provisional; to do something temporarily (esp. build temporary facilities); to do something provisionally
stink; bad odor; bad odour; stench
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
physiological; physical; visceral; instinctive; in one's guts
four balls; base on balls; a walk
to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack
to make; to make (something) what it should be; to cause to be
Hiroshima (city, prefecture)
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
tear; rip; rent; slit; crack; chasm