principal occupation; core business
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
producing (people) in great numbers; appearing one after the other
government service; the bureaucracy
plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
First World War (1914-1918); World War I; WWI; WW1
resident in Japan (of a foreigner); situated in Japan (e.g. of an embassy); Korean living in Japan
the Japanese; Japanese side; Japanese delegation; Japanese representatives
study of foreign languages; linguistics
proficient; skillful; patience; perseverance; fortitude
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
America and Britain; American-British
reconciliation (between warring nations); (making of) peace
compensation; reparations; indemnity; damages
treaty; pact; convention; agreement
public opinion; popular voice; public sentiment; consensus
to take off; to jump; to take the plunge; to decide; to step out of the ring
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
postwar period; period after Second World War
to satisfy the requirements
posterity; future life; life to come
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
self-consciousness; self-awareness
to place (in relation to the whole); to rank; to position; to locate
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
vocation; lifework; sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation); prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
even though things may appear this way
synopsis; precis; summary; gist; outline
support; backing; aid; assistance
woman textile worker; Vega (star in the constellation Lyra); Alpha Lyrae
Altair (star in the constellation Aquila); Alpha Aquilae
sending home; repatriation; deportation
fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds); fair weather; clear weather; clear sky; fair skies
strong wind; high wind; moderate gale
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member