or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
collection (e.g. literary works); collected edition
interview (i.e. television, newspaper, etc.)
photography; taking photographs
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
chit; sales slip; voucher
mass communication; mass media
(making a) lesson (of); (setting an) example; warning
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
pre-war days; before the war
brief personal record; short curriculum vitae; short CV
to some extent; to a certain extent
scoring combination of a 9 and a 1 in oicho-kabu
primary school; elementary school; grade school
moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about
job; work; duties; trade; skill
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
Kwantung Army (Japanese armed forces in Manchukuo)
staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor
strategy; stratagem; trick; scheme; plot
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to break into (houses here and there); to rampage
Soviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR