town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
to take flight; to disappear
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
port city; harbor city; harbour city
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
Treaty of Versailles (1919)
Paris Peace Conference (1919); Versailles Peace Conference
President of the United States of America; US President
permanent member of the UN Security Council
topic of discussion; agenda
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
Nazi; Nationalsozialist; Nazi Party
demonstration; protest; (giving a) demo; demonstration; presentation
May Fourth Movement (anti-imperialist student demonstration in Beijing on May 4, 1919)
racial discrimination; racism
Makino Nobuaki (1861.11.24-1949.1.25)
committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting
source (of a spring, etc.); source (of payment, energy, knowledge, etc.); origin; wellspring
the above sentence; the foregoing remark; preamble (to a statute, constitution, etc.); opening part of a letter (used for season's greetings, asking after someone's health, etc.)
important matter; matters of weight
progress; advance; improvement; development
race issue; problem of race
interference in the domestic affairs of another country
February 26 Incident (attempted military coup in Japan; 1936); February 1936 military revolt
fire department (in Japan, composed of on call civilian firefighters)
to have a narrow escape from death
Toyama prefecture (Hokuriku area)
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
bargain sale; selling cheaply; giving out freely
heading; headline; index; headword
national paper; paper with a national circulation