heavy snow; "major snow" solar term (approx. Dec. 7)
Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
former prime minister; former premier; former chancellor
Watanabe Joutarou (1874.4.16-1936.2.26)
to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
critical (touch and go) situation; explosive situation
Aizawa incident (assassination of Major General Tetsuzan Nagata by Lieutenant Colonel Saburo Aizawa; August 12, 1935)
Aizawa Saburou (1889.9.6-1936.7.3)
main point; gist; essentials; bones (e.g. of an idea); pith
selling oneself (into bondage) (esp. for prostitutes)
many problems; various problems
to show understanding; to appreciate; to be positive about
to get off one's backside; to bestir oneself
first instance; first trial
counsel; defender; advocate
incitement; sedition; agitation; abetting
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); younger stepbrother
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
Kitajima Saburou (1936.10-)
Tatekawa Danshi (1936.11-)
Nagashima Shigeo (1936.2.20-)
Kawabuchi Saburou (1936.12.3-)
eminent; prominent; distinguished; ringing (of metal); resonant (of a musical instrument)
arousal; excitation; awakening; evocation
steady advance; carrying all before one
memorial day; commemoration day; anniversary
railway track; railway line; railroad; railway; track; line
diversionary tactics (maneuvering); disguise; hide by camouflage
to be forestalled; to fall behind; to be one step behind
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
to repeat a mistake (of somebody); to make the same mistake as that of ...; (lit.) to follow the rut (left by someone else)
non-intervention in the domestic affairs of another nation