dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
war damage; ravages of war; horrors of war
to fall into ruin; to be desolated
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
administration; government; administrator; governor
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
complete change; about-face
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
unbroken; uninterrupted; on and on; continuous
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
reopening; resumption; restarting
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
increase (in an amount of money)
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
large number (of); many; majority
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
number of events (e.g. accidents, crimes, meetings, housing starts, hits on a web page)
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
on the occasion of; at the time of
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
to turn a deaf ear to; to not listen to; to not get the message
country; territory; domain; realm
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance
change of mind; inconstancy; apostasy
from time immemorial; ancient; time-honoured; time-honored
intelligence; genius; scholarship; virtue
emperor (of Japan); mikado
good; goodness; right; virtue
temptress; vamp; siren; femme fatale; evil woman; she-devil
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)