live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters)
billiards; pool; snooker; cue sports
amusement center (centre); game arcade; gambling hall
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
one-plate meal; simple meal; austerity diet
simple diet; plain food; simple food; frugal meal
hinomaru bento (contains plain white rice with a single red umeboshi on top)
encouragement; promotion; inducement; incitement; stimulation
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
mere consolation; temporary peace of mind
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
luxury grocery item (e.g. alcohol, coffee, tea, tobacco); indulgence; something consumed for taste or stimulant effect rather than nourishment
goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies
circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional
to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone; to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
to be scheduled to (do); to be expected to (do)
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days
Manchuria and Inner Mongolia
national border; provincial border
non-aggression pact; non-aggression treaty
conclusion; execution (of a contract); entering (into treaty); fastening (as in a joint)
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
Japan and Germany; Japanese-German
anticommunist (policies or measures)
arrangement; pact; agreement
both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
to accept; to receive; to agree
heated argument; heated discussion; heated debate
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary