radio broadcast announcing acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration and the end of the war (recording of Hirohito; broadcast August 15, 1945)
end of war; cessation of hostilities
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
speaking of ...; as for ...
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
exposure to wind; severe criticism
to be too busy; to be occupied; to concentrate on single-mindedly
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
dismissal (from a post); discharge; removal
removing a name; expelling (e.g. from school); decommissioning
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
to damage; to do harm; to disadvantage
dissenting opinion; opposite viewpoint; contraview
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
to take the lead (in doing); to take the initiative; to be the leader
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath
to make; to make (something) what it should be; to cause to be
to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted
absence; disregard; indifference
making one's best exertions
allied nations; the Allies (World War I, World War II); Allied powers
rule; reign; government; governing
General Headquarters (office of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers); GHQ
consists of; comprises; is made up of
extermination; annihilation
posterity; future life; life to come
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
(the) whole; as a whole; in general; at large