postwar period; period after Second World War
to think too much; to be over-concerned
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; deftly finishing up; putting on the final touches
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
just because; even if; even though
means of transportation; transport service
social; societal; societary
when; how soon; how long until
restoration; restitution; rehabilitation
distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness
to go around spreading (news, rumors, etc.); to cry about; to circulate; to broadcast
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
reception hall (esp. for visiting state dignitaries); guest house; State Guest House (esp. Akasaka palace, also guest house in Kyoto)
to restore one's energy; to restore one's spirits; to recharge one's batteries
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
presence; sitting with; being with
prospects of victory; chances of success
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of
accent (of one's speech); dialect; provincialism; corrupted form (e.g. of word); mispronunciation
male homosexual's partner; buttocks; anus
cannot help (feeling); cannot hold back (tears, laughter, etc.)
honourable poverty; honorable poverty
to judge (on the basis of); to control; to discipline (oneself); to regulate
to become greasy; to become oily; to be loud and garish
degenerate monk; corrupt priest
haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important
this way and that; (by) various means; (by) every means
choosing a site (e.g. for industry); deciding on a location; standpoint; position
simply; merely; only; solely
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
what kind of; what sort of; what; how; in what way
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct