postwar period; period after Second World War
strong point; forte; merit; strength
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
sense of values; values; value system
to be based (on); to be founded (on); to be grounded (on); to be due to; to come (from); to arise (from)
taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)
professor; teaching; instruction
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
to take possession of (forcibly); to take over (a company, account, etc.); to capture (a castle, enemy position, etc.); to hijack (a plane, ship, etc.)
departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to put one's strength into
the reverse (side); back (side); other side; hidden side; behind the scenes
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
ear; hearing; ear (for music, etc.); edge; crust; ear (of a pot, jug, etc.)
other side; opposite side; other party
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
assorted vegetables for sukiyaki (esp. green onion)
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to
interior; inside; internal
(Confucian) temple; church; sanctuary
as far as the eye can see
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
to carve into; to cut into; to engrave into; to inscribe
chair; seat; stool; post; position; seat
decorative ceiling painting