to punish; to penalize; to penalise
feeling good; feeling at ease; feeling easy
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
supreme ruler; generalissimo; president (of Taiwan); führer; fuehrer
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
Battle of Okinawa (April, 1945)
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
to be urgent; to be pressing; to be imminent
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
twenty-sixth day of the month; twenty-six days
advice; counsel; remonstrance; recommendation
Potsdam Declaration (July 26, 1945 statement establishing the terms of a Japanese surrender)
ignoring; disregarding; taking no notice of; refusing to comment on; turning a deaf ear to
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
sixth day of the month; six days
Hiroshima (city, prefecture)
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away
Soviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR
national border; provincial border
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
edict; ordinance; proclamation
Nagasaki (city, prefecture)
bad news; news of a death; death notice
government; administration