stands; bleachers; stand (e.g. newspaper stand); counter (e.g. lunch counter); stand (e.g. inkstand); desk lamp
galvanized sheet iron (galvanised)
iron pipe; steel pipe; metal pipe
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
cheap structure (e.g. of houses)
fearfully; nervously; timidly; gingerly
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
strategy meeting; council of war
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
requisition; requisitioning; seizure; confiscation; impounding; retaining (e.g. deposit)
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
(state of) house arrest; (state of) confinement
interested person; volunteer; supporter
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
internal conflict; family quarrel; domestic trouble
family circle; one's circle (of friends, co-workers, etc.); private matters; internal affairs; conservative (e.g. estimate); moderate
cabinet (of a government); ministry
carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand
region on Japan Sea side of Japan west of Tokyo; Nagano and Niigata
center; centre; middle; Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
General Headquarters (office of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers); GHQ
present; current; in operation
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
permanent member of the UN Security Council
participation in a war; going to war; taking part in a competition or contest
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
fumi-e; fumie; tablet bearing Christian images, on which Edo-period authorities forced suspected Christians to trample; allegiance test; loyalty test
allied nations; the Allies (World War I, World War II); Allied powers
submitting to (a demand, one's fate, etc.); putting up with; resigning oneself to; accepting (without complaint)
allegiance; obedience; submission
to pluck; to pick; to nip off
occupation forces; occupation army
government; administration
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
to vacate; to surrender (e.g. a castle); to give up (e.g. a position); to hand over (e.g. power)
nobleman's illegitimate child; product (of e.g. war); offspring; aftermath