playing dead; feigning death; playing possum
to appease; to suppress; to calm
established; fixed; prearranged; predetermined
mediator; manager; caretaker
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
to entertain; to make welcome
attendance; participation; presence
half; biracial person (esp. half-Japanese); person of mixed parentage
stands; bleachers; stand (e.g. newspaper stand); counter (e.g. lunch counter); stand (e.g. inkstand); desk lamp
galvanized sheet iron (galvanised)
iron pipe; steel pipe; metal pipe
cheap structure (e.g. of houses)
fearfully; nervously; timidly; gingerly
strategy meeting; council of war
requisition; requisitioning; seizure; confiscation; impounding; retaining (e.g. deposit)
(state of) house arrest; (state of) confinement
interested person; volunteer; supporter
family circle; one's circle (of friends, co-workers, etc.); private matters; internal affairs; conservative (e.g. estimate); moderate
region on Japan Sea side of Japan west of Tokyo; Nagano and Niigata
center; centre; middle; Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)
General Headquarters (office of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers); GHQ
permanent member of the UN Security Council
participation in a war; going to war; taking part in a competition or contest
allied nations; the Allies (World War I, World War II); Allied powers
allegiance; obedience; submission
occupation forces; occupation army
nobleman's illegitimate child; product (of e.g. war); offspring; aftermath
himself; yourself; herself
to reheat; to steam over; to bring up again (a problem that has been dealt with); to take up again; to drag up
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
General Headquarters (office of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers); GHQ
miscreant; scoundrel; villain
commune (of medieval Europe); autonomous city
bent back; indecisive attitude; timidity; lack of nerve
second generation; second; junior
His Majesty the Emperor; the present emperor; the reigning emperor
death (of an emperor); demise
passing away; dying; death
house of a prince of the blood