judgement; judgment; refereeing; umpiring; referee; umpire
field; sports stadium; arena
abundant harvest; bumper crop
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
in form; ceremonial; for form's sake; pro forma
forced repatriation; deportation
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
conference; consultation; discussion; negotiation
outside the country; abroad
Adolf Hitler (1889.4.20-1945.4.30)
be inextricably involved; be in a sticky situation
student (esp. a university student)
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
to wash again; to reconsider
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict
intensification; aggravation
condor (incl. other New World vultures of family Cathartidae); Andean condor (Vultur gryphus)
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
seventh day of the month; seven days
Marco Polo Bridge Incident (July 7, 1937)
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
regularization; regularisation; getting up speed; proceeding at full tilt
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
entry into a castle (by a conquering force)
Nanjing; Nanking; pumpkin; squash; Chinese; Southeast Asian
military of the Empire of Japan
occupation (e.g. of territory); exclusive possession
murder; homicide; manslaughter
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield