(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
(both) openly and covertly; publicly and privately; implicitly and explicitly
mobilization of labor services (e.g. in wartime)
Kanagawa prefecture (Kanto area)
naval arsenal; naval shipyard
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
information; experience; knowledge; observation
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
radio broadcast announcing acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration and the end of the war (recording of Hirohito; broadcast August 15, 1945)
Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
court noble; nobility; Imperial Court
mimicking someone's speech; imitating someone's way of speaking; mimicry
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
difficult to ...; hard to ...
squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii); Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); ancient women's hairstyle; clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
clear solution; clean decision
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
objectivization; viewing objectively
extinction; discontinuation; severance; rupture; to become extinct; to cease to exist
reality; actuality; hard fact
news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
opportunity; chance; trigger; cause
construction; architecture (of buildings)
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
to flush out (game, etc.); to drive (animals); to beat; to urge; to spur on; to push on
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
indispensable; essential; necessary
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
certainly; for sure; distinctly; clearly; firmly; tightly
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to cut in (printing)