postwar period; period after Second World War
(received) favor, kindness or blessing (favour)
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
war; fighting; fierce competition
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first
family; relatives; dependents; household
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
possession; retention; maintenance
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
being under the rule of; being under the government of
honeymoon; being in an intimate relationship; honeymoon (period)
to build up; to establish (one's reputation)
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
to avoid misfortune; to escape danger
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)
doing whatever one pleases
to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of
lifesaver; person who saved one's life
violent shock; agitation; turbulence; turmoil; upheaval; excitement
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
permanent; everlasting; lasting; very long; many years of
maintenance; preservation; improvement
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
to pour drinks for each other; to drink together
to yearn for (someone, something); to miss
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off
to allow a less skilled person to practice with one (esp. in sumo)
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
black and white; right and wrong