postwar period; period after Second World War
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
environment; circumstance
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
people; men and women; each person; everybody
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
by means of; due to; because of; according to
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
many; much; plenty; hardly
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
pre-war days; before the war
one Nth part (e.g. one fifth, one tenth); one out of N
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
(political) power; authority; influence
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
secret information; intelligence
summarization; summary; generalization; review (by labour or political movements of past activities, results, etc.)
government service; the bureaucracy
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed