postwar period; period after Second World War
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
huge rock; firmness; solidity
state ceremony; laborious; troublesome; irksome
imperial envoy; imperial messenger
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
acknowledgment; acknowledgement; letter of thanks
and (also); both ... and; as well as
excessive; unmerited; generous; past participle
consideration (for); thoughtfulness; solicitude; care; watchfulness; concern
to be greatly obliged; to be very sorry
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
to etch into one's mind; to remember well
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
further; farther; furthermore; all the more; even more
trade; business; trading; turnover; sales; takings
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
a help; an aid; some assistance
to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique
stirring; rousing oneself
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)