throwing down; dropping; airdrop; investment
Potsdam Declaration (July 26, 1945 statement establishing the terms of a Japanese surrender)
stationed in the United States; resident in the United States
violent shock; agitation; turbulence; turmoil; upheaval; excitement
flowers in full bloom; time of year in which flowers are in full bloom; the age at which someone (esp. a woman) is at the peak of their beauty; booming or peaking (in popularity)
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
law department; law school
mobilization of labor services (e.g. in wartime)
escaping the summer heat; going somewhere cooler during the summer; summering
hide-and-seek (game); hide-and-go-seek
suicide by throwing oneself to one's death; leaping to one's death
outline; summary; argument
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
Confessions of a Mask (1949 novel by Yukio Mishima)
never ceasing; never ending
adaptation (of a novel, play, etc.)
too many to count; too numerous to mention
campaign against the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty (1959-60, 1970)
patriotic concern for the future of one's country
The Sea of Fertility (tetralogy by Mishima)
spring snow (usu. large snowflakes)
runaway horse; galloping horse
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
five signs of the impending death of a heavenly being
transmigration; reincarnation; metempsychosis
Japan Self-Defense Forces; JSDF; self-defence force; self-defense force
boot camp for new recruits (conducted by Japan's Self-Defence Force)
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
Rikujoujieitaiichigayachuutonchi
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
draft papers; callup notice