jpdb beta

end of war; cessation of hostilities

2

happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness

1

heaps of corpses all around

1

Emperor of Japan

1

to prostrate oneself before

1

to make a copy; to transcribe; to reproduce; to trace

1

seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up

1

one's home; one's house

1

garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area

1

air-raid shelter; bomb shelter

1

father

1

one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)

2

forcibly; against one's will

1

to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square

1

postwar period; period after Second World War

1

first generation; founder

1

Haneda Airport

2

chief; head (of an office, of a laboratory)

1

assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation

1

car; automobile; motorcar; motor vehicle; auto

1

old haunts; former homes

1

reemployment

1

peerless; matchless; unparalleled; unrivalled; unequalled; incomparable

1

close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum

1

to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that

1

(period of) a year; during an era

2

to shut in; to confine; to contain

1

to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely

1

resignation

1

society; the world; the times

1

to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)

1

(written) resignation; letter of resignation

1

to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from

1

what

2

hell

1

to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve

1

part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties

1

now is the time

1

when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

1

carefree; free from worry

1

traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...

1

thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow

1

retreat; retirement; depression (hole)

1

laughing while reminiscing

1

to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with

1

simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated

1

townspeople

1

living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood

1

employee; worker; laborer (labourer); blue-collar worker

1

junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student

2