delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); ham actor
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
labor service; labour service
armory; armoury; arsenal; ordnance department
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
conscription; (military) draft; (compulsory) enlistment
by means of; due to; because of; according to
worker; breadwinner; supporter; able person; able man; productive worker
decrease; reduction; decline
labor; labour; manpower; working force
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
government; administration
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
breaking down; defeating; abolishing
in order to do; for the purpose of doing
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (1871-2001)
than; from; out of; except; but; more
labor; labour; exertion; diligent service
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters)
to concern; to be related
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
pupil; student; schoolchild
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence