administration; government; administrator; governor
puppet; marionette; puppeteer; (arch.) prostitute
Manchukuo (Japanese Manchurian puppet state; 1932-1945)
inquiry commission; enquiry commission; research group
plenipotentiary powers; full authority
Matsuoka Yousuke (1880.3.4-1946.6.27)
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)
Manchuria and Inner Mongolia
lifeline; matter of life or death; indispensable thing; life line (in palm reading)
Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
occupation (e.g. of territory); exclusive possession
inspector general; commissioner
commandant; commanding officer; general
command sanctioned by the emperor; imperial command
Hosaka Masayasu (1939.12.14-)
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
surveillance system; monitoring system
Buraiha (post-WWII group of dissolute Japanese writers); Decadent School
Sakaguchi Ango (1906.10.20-1955.2.17)
Oda Sakunosuke (1913.10.26-1947.1.10)
to write ruby characters (small furigana above or beside kanji)
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
big landowner; great landowner; land baron; landed magnate; large landowner; territorial magnate
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
selection (e.g. of poems, texts); anthology; selected extracts