box for letters and papers; box used to carry or deliver letters
to embezzle; to misappropriate; to peculate; to accustom oneself to using; to use for a long time
plain; unfigured; patternless; solid (color)
Latin alphabet; Roman alphabet; romaji; romanized Japanese; system of transliterating Japanese into the Latin alphabet
stamp (postage); merchandise certificate
prejudice; bias; distorted view
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
marriage proposal; marriage talks
to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family
geisha; professional female entertainer, usu. at traditional banquets
bungalow; one-story house
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
war; fighting; fierce competition
Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2
relay; hook-up; relay broadcasting
base (military, expedition, etc.)
goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies
supply; provision; raising; procurement
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
transfer; transport; removal
the place one comes from; one's birthplace; one's hometown
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
good handwriting; skillful penmanship; speedy writing; vigorous writing
blocking (e.g. the way); obstructing; block (lump of something (usu. square), area of town, etc.); block; physical record (e.g. on magnetic tape); concrete block; blocking (from view, esp. of websites, on social media, etc.)
long sentence; long piece of writing (e.g. passage, letter, article, telegram)
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); grass style
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
quotation; citation; reference