treaty; pact; convention; agreement
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
accumulation (e.g. of emotions, grievances, etc.); buildup; suppression (e.g. of anger)
scoring combination of a 9 and a 1 in oicho-kabu
Franz; Franc; Francis; Frantz
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
bloody; gory; covered in copious amounts of blood; desperate; frantic
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
fifteenth day of the month; fifteen days
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
situation; state of things; current affairs
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
(arch.) like that; (arch.) as such; yeah; uh-huh
that day; the very same day
sunlight; rays of the Sun
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
to be hideously burned; to be burned raw
to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away
thirst; craving; thirst (for love, knowledge, etc.); hunger
Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2
Emperor Shōwa (1901-1989, reigned 1926-1989); Emperor Showa; Emperor Hirohito
radio broadcast announcing acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration and the end of the war (recording of Hirohito; broadcast August 15, 1945)
to mark the end; to spell the end