Children's Day (national holiday; May 5)
national holiday; public holiday
dogged perseverance; untiring patience
association of reservists
National Requisition Ordinance (1939)
labor; labour; work; service
your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)
first; first base; first baseman; fast
political organization; political organisation
something used to cover the eyes; blindfold; blinder; concealing one's home such that the interior cannot be seen from outside
neighborhood association; neighbourhood association
mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion
neighborhood association (established in Japan in 1940); neighbourhood association
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
a cornered rat will bite a cat; despair turns cowards courageous
being in the United States; staying in the United States; residing in the United States
freezing (e.g. water); freezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.); moratorium; suspension (e.g. investment)
cornered animal; (lit.) cornered rat
sliver of hope; gleam of hope; ray of hope
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
change (of personnel); reshuffle (e.g. of a cabinet); shake-up; dismissal (e.g. of a minister); replacement
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
talk; dialogue; conversation
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
total (full-scale) withdrawal; complete pullout (pullback)
Tripartite Pact (between Japan, Germany and Italy in WWII)