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rationing; rationing system

1

delay in rationing

1

suspension of rations or payments

1

empty stomach; hunger

1

Shinjuku Station

1

east entrance; east exit

1

public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing

1

naked light bulb

1

street vendor; stallholder; stallkeeper

1

glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (playing card suit)

1

war plant

2

diversion into illegal channels; putting on the black market; selling through illegal channels

2

daily supplies; daily necessities; household items; housewares

1

cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)

1

to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch

1

in front of a station

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black-market dealings; underhand transactions; shady trading; secret dealings; secret arrangement

2

(town) market; (street) market; marketplace

1

boss; leader; kingpin; chief; head (e.g. of a crime syndicate)

1

to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply

1

(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area

1

bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water

1

principal stations

1

black marketeer

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investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody

1

shopping district; shopping street; downtown

2

Ueno Station

1

Okachimachi Station

1

controlled or regulated item

1

sweets (desserts, candy, etc.)

1

object of avid desire; object of envy

1

shōchū made from sake lees; low-quality moonshine (esp. post-WWII); hooch (hootch)

2

shōchū; Japanese spirit distilled from sweet potatoes, rice, etc.

2

maturing; ripening; aging; ageing; curing; fermenting

1

dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk

1

on hand; readily available

1

for industrial use

1

alcohol; (alcohol-based) hand sanitizer

1

illicitly brewed liquor; moonshine

1

addict; junkie; substance abuser

1

what little ... one has; tiny amount of; paltry

1

to dust; to remove dust; to slap; to hit (with the palm); to use up money

1

cee-lo (dice gambling game)

1

roulette-like street gambling; portable tape-recorder (used by reporters)

1

roulette

1

openly (unashamedly) in broad daylight

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official notice; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace

1

brothel

3

notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)

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